[SOLVED] Ubuntu Apache2 and perl scripts

Nemus · 03-11-2011, 08:10 PM

so I have a html file that posts to a .pl script and I am not sure how to setup apache2 to executive the .pl script

the from is a html file which has the action="http://wwww.websitecom/perlscirpt.pl"

the perlscript

start with
#!/usr/bin/perl

when you submit the form apache2 just has you download the .pl file.

Do I need to enable cgi-bin ? what do i need to do to get this to work any help is welcome thank you.

stickman · 03-12-2011, 12:05 AM

Check the AddHandler directive to see if that will work for you.

Nemus · 03-28-2011, 01:33 AM

I add the following to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

<Files ~ "\.pl$">
Options +ExecCGI
</Files>
<Files ~ "\.cgi$">
Options +ExecCGI
</Files>