my linux is RH9.0
apache 1.3.29

here is some directives I added to httpd.conf to work with perl script

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/"

<Directory "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

AddHandler cgi-script .pl .cgi



And here is my testing perl script

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
print "perl script run properly!\n";


My question is, if the perl script with a .pl extension, web browser just ask me to save the script. However without a .pl extension or with .cgi extension, the script can run properly.

who knows what's the problem ? Anything wrong on my httpd.conf ?

After adding the .pl did you restart the apache server so it knows to recognize those as an executable script, etc?

yes sure. I restarted apache

Did you perhaps forget to set the perl script as executable? Also note that the script would have to be executable by the user that apache runs as!.

i have made the script executable and apache should have permission to run the script