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Apache 2.2: Execute CGI script from user directory

Hi all,

I try to execute a CGI script in a user directory, but all my browser is displaying is the source code! The same script works when called from the main cgi scripts location. After searching in the apache documentation, I think it's a user configuration problem but I can't fix it.

Here's the revelant (I think)parts of my httpd.conf :

Code:

...

LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so

...

DocumentRoot "/var/www"



<Directory />

    Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI

    AllowOverride None

</Directory>



<Directory "/var/www">

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI

    AllowOverride None

    Order allow,deny

    Allow from all

</Directory>



<IfModule mod_userdir.c

  UserDir html

</IfModule>



<Directory /home/*/html>

    AllowOverride Options

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI

</Directory>



<Directory /home/*/html/cgi-bin>

    AllowOverride Options

    Options ExecCGI

    SetHandler cgi-scripts

    Order allow,deny

    Allow from all

</Directory>

...

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin/"



<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin/">

    AllowOverride None

    Options ExecCGI

    Order allow,deny

    Allow from all

</Directory>

...

In my home i have the directory tree "/home/jf.argentino/html" and "/home/jf.argentino/html/cgi-bin", both are "755", and I can browse the "/home/jf.argentino/html/index.html" file...

What do I miss?

Change the following part of your config:

Quote:

<Directory /home/*/html/cgi-bin>
AllowOverride Options
Options ExecCGI
SetHandler cgi-scripts
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Code:

<Directory /home/*/html/cgi-bin>

    AllowOverride Options

    Options +ExecCGI

    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

    Order allow,deny

    Allow from all

</Directory>

and see if it works.

You need this

Code:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/home/*/html/cgi-bin/"

Well, thanks but neither of your answer work! Any more ideas?

What is the filename extension of the cgi script you're trying to run? If it's not .cgi or .pl, you should add it in the "AddHandler ..." directive.

To Bathory: my scripts are .cgi ended.

To Datopdog: If I SciptAlias "/cgi-bin/" to "/home/*/html/cgi-bin/" I can't run script from the main cgi location (/var/www/cgi-bin/), I have seen on boot up messages that there's a ScriptAlias overlap problem, but I can't found it in any httpd/log files! Can I have only one SrciptAlias directive?

To all: I add a change "<Directory /home/*/html/cgi-bin>" into "<Directory /home/*/html/cgi-bin/>" without more success.

After some google'ing, I found that It could be caused by SELinux, but as far as I know SELinux isn't loaded on my box, I'll look on that way.

Quote:

To Bathory: my scripts are .cgi ended.

Since apache shows you the code and does not run the script, then it does not read the "AddHandler .." directive. I don't think it's a SELinux problem, because you should get a "Forbidden" or "Not found" error.
Check again the config file and also make sure that you don't have a .htaccess file in ~/ or ~/cgi-bin, that overwrites the httpd.conf settings.