CGI not working in Apache

shrey_j · 09-20-2004, 01:05 AM

Hi to all,

I am trying to Install LXR (Linux Cross Refrencing tool). I was easy, untill the time I got stuck at run it.

As per the requirements of LXR, I can open the default page [blurb.html] from the web browser on my system. But there is a CGI script [that is what the documentation says] that is supposed to be executed by Apache as CGI script. It infact reads that script as a file and prints it on screen.

I tried excuting it by ./<the script> and it gave a HTML file as output, so that means the script is fine. I could have used this file, but there are many more scripts that have to be executed as CGI.

THese are the things that I tried:
1. kept the code in cgi-script folder of the www, NOT wroking
2. I changed the httpd.conf file to allow execution of CGI scripts in directories besides CGI using the Apache TOMCAT manual: NOT WORKING YET
3. I added a file .htaccess in the directory having the LXR code for access permissions, as per what the LXR documentation says: Still NOT WORKING.
4. NO MORE I AM EXHAUTSED...

ANy body who has done any related kind of work, please do help me.

Thanks a lot,
Shrey

ToniT · 09-20-2004, 05:11 PM

The directory must contain ExecCGI option and apache must recognise the file as cgi-script.

See apache cgi tutorial for details.

ToniT · 09-20-2004, 05:14 PM

A test script:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Hello, world!...";

If you drop this to some location and access that with web browser, you should get a string
"Hello, world!.." in your browser if you have configured your cgi hooks correctly.

shrey_j · 09-21-2004, 12:11 AM

Thanks ToniT,

I will try that out, and if successful will mail back here.

shrey_j · 09-22-2004, 12:28 AM

Hi ToniT,

Thanks a lot, I ws able to make the server execute the files as CGI, I has missed out a point specified in the Apache DOC previously.

Thanks a ton.