cg-bin not working

misulica · 10-06-2007, 03:47 PM

hey guys..this might be silly but here it goes..
I`m on a dedicated server with CentOS 5
my proglem is:
using WHM i added several domains wich i own..so far so good
On one of them i have a script that uses .pl files.
I uploaded my script files in: /home/kinetix/public_html/cgi-bin (My local directory)
Then i runned the script and it sais that there is no .pl file that he needs in the cgi-bin/ directory...
My guess is that something is not configured right so that cgi-bin path is something like: /home*/public_html/cgi-bin/

Thanks and i appreciate the help

Su-Shee · 10-06-2007, 03:49 PM

Well, if this is the typical webhoster file upload, you probably don't have to set permissions.

But possibly, a .pl won't work. Try .cgi instead.

misulica · 10-06-2007, 03:53 PM

It`s not file upload...nothing that i place in the /public_html/cgi-bin directory works...it sais that tehre`s nothing there
Can it be something from httpd.conf..like ScriptALias not set?

Su-Shee · 10-06-2007, 04:05 PM

Well, check it.

The reason for a CGI not loading could be a) permissions, b) filename, c) missing interpreter of the programming language or interpreter in the wrong place, d) cgi-dir not configured at all or pointing to somewhere else...

And my Apache NEVER says "there's nothing there", so I would recommend to really cut and paste the error message.

Is the file executable?

misulica · 10-06-2007, 04:26 PM

Code:

#
        ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/"

    #
    # "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
    # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
    #
    <Directory "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin">
        AllowOverride None
        Options None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
</IfModule>

That is in the httpd.conf
so basicaly it`s not pointing to /public_html/cgi-bin
I need it so that all the cgi-bin/ `s on all the domains work

Su-Shee · 10-06-2007, 04:41 PM

Check in the Apache manual mod_vhost_alias, that's probably what you want/need:

This module creates dynamically configured virtual hosts, by allowing the IP address and/or the Host: header of the HTTP request to be used as part of the pathname to determine what files to serve. This allows for easy use of a huge number of virtual hosts with similar configurations.

And don't forget to check the configuration for filename endings.