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Problem with executing first cgi program

Hi,
I am trying to execute the following cgi program but i am getting error:

Quote:

Not Found

The requested URL /hello.pl was not found on this server.

My cgi program is 'hello.pl':

Code:



[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# cat hello.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

print <<HTML;

<html>

<head>

<title> A Simple PERL CGI </title>

</head>

<body>

<h1> A simple Perl CGI </h1>

<P> Hello World</P>

</body>

HTML

exit;  

[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]#

Its executing from command line:

Code:

[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# ./hello.pl

Content-type: text/html



<html>

<head>

<title> A Simple PERL CGI </title>

</head>

<body>

<h1> A simple Perl CGI </h1>

<P> Hello World</P>

</body>

[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]#

I am giving following command for execution:

Quote:

http://localhost/hello.pl

I have also mae it an executable program and stored in cgi-bin directory:

Quote:

[root@HP-UX646UU www]# ls
cgi-bin error html icons manual usage
[root@HP-UX646UU www]# cd cgi-bin
[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# ls
cg11.pl
[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# service httpd start
Starting httpd: [ OK ]
[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# chmod a+x cg11.pl
[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# cp cg11.pl hello.pl
[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# chmod a+x hello.pl

Kindly guide me.

Zulfi.

Quote:

I am giving following command for execution:
Quote:
http://localhost/hello.pl

That's wrong, the correct URL is: http://localhost/cgi-bin/hello.pl

Hi,
Thanks for your help. I gave this command but still i am getting error:

Quote:

Forbidden
You dont have permission to access/cgi-bin/hello.pl on this server

It also pops up an ICON saying:

Quote:

SELINUX
AVC denial, click icon to view

For this purpose, I have clicked the "SELINUX Policy Generation Tool" and I have checked the "Web Application/Script (CGI)" option but then it asks:

Quote:

Enter name of application or user role to be confined

I dont know what information i have to supply in this text box.

Kindly solve this problem.

Zulfi.

Very likely the denial is caused by a mislabeling of the script.

Even though you didn't bother to include the reported error, very likely the script does not have the security label httpd_sys_script_exec_t (use "ls -Z filename" to see what the label is).

Hi,
Thanks for reply. I got following output of ls:

Quote:

[guest@HP-UX646UU ~]$ su
Password:
[root@HP-UX646UU guest]# cd /var/www/cgi-bin
[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# ls
cg11.pl hello.pl
[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# ls -Z hello.pl
-rwxr-xr-x root root unconfined_u:object_r:httpd_sys_script_exec_t:s0 hello.pl
[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]#

If i click on the pop up window it disappears. It says click on icon, i dont know which icon its talking about.
Plz guide me why cgi script is not working.

Zulfi.

Hi,
Thanks. I am able to execute. I checked the selinux trouble shooter and it says to execute a command which i executed and my cgi script is running.

Code:

[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]# setsebool -P httpd_enable_cgi=1

[root@HP-UX646UU cgi-bin]#

Thanks for helping me.

Zulfi.