Running Perl/CGI scripts

hso_sof · 08-21-2003, 08:51 AM

I am a newbie to Linux and I just installed Mandrake 8.0. I'm trying to create a simple CGI script that prints some text, but I can't seem to get it to work. When I open the code in my browser it just shows the code instead of what it should be printing.

I put the test.pl file in /var/www/cgi-bin

How do I get my browser to execute the code?

Orococco · 08-22-2003, 03:44 AM

You have to install a webserver like Apache to run CGIs.

boToo · 08-22-2003, 08:55 AM

i think he already have apache installed. can u run your cgi script from commandline? i dont know, its extension has to be cgi or ,

mylo2003 · 08-22-2003, 10:26 AM

I'm still tackling this. I can't get a chat cgi script to run. You have to throw all this crap in the apache httpd.conf file to get it to work. Here is a link that might help.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=80658

Good luck!