Debian Apache2 rewriting subdirectory to root breaks accessing cgi scripts

sweetie_lolz3 · 05-25-2010, 03:57 PM

OS: Debian 5.0.4
Server: Apache2

I've used mod_rewrite to rewrite my apache2 root (my.server.com/) to point to /var/www/drupal6/ instead of /var/www/. I also have a script installed in my cgi-bin (/usr/lib/cgi-bin) but since the rewrite I can't seem to access it. When I go to my.server.come/cgi-bin/test.pl, I get a page not found from my drupal.

Is there a way I can access my cgi-bin without resorting to accessing my drupal through my.server.com/drupal6/?

Background:
I have installed drupal CMS which has a base address of my.server.com/drupal6/ as it resided in /var/www/drupal6/. However I wanted users to be able to access it as my.server.com/ so I added the following into my httpd.conf

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80

<Directory /var/www/drupal6>
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
</Directory>

and created a Virtual Host in my sites-available (enabled through a2ensite knowpulse.usask.ca) as follows:

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName knowpulse.usask.ca
   DocumentRoot /var/www/drupal6
        <Directory />
                Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
        ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

        # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, 
        # crit, alert, emerg.
        LogLevel warn
        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

This appears to work as I can now access all my drupal pages using my.server.com/drupalpages.

What I've Tried:
1a. Adding a cgi-bin location directive to my virtualHost

Code:

#CGI Directory
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin
<Location /cgi-bin>
   Options +ExecCGI
</Location>

This gives me a Not Found from Apache
1b. Adding a cgi-bin directory directive to my virtualhost
(as per http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...pache2-739485/)

Code:

#CGI Directory
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin
<Directory /cgi-bin>
   Options +ExecCGI
</Directory>

This gives me a Not Found from Apache
2. Adding a symbolic link to cgi-bin -> /usr/lib/cgi-bin in /var/www/drupal6/
Seems not to make a difference?
3. Adding a ScriptAlias line to my httpd.conf

Code:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin

I get a page not found from Apache as compared to drupal.

sweetie_lolz3 · 05-25-2010, 04:02 PM

Also tried adding both directory and ScriptAlias to my httpd.conf
(again as per http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...pache2-739485/)

Code:

NameVirtualHost *:80

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin
<Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/>
   Options +ExecCGI +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
   AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
</Directory>

<Directory /var/www/drupal6>
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
</Directory>

With same results as with just ScriptAlias. ie: page not found from apache.