Re: [Hampshire] apache2 CGI script problem

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Author: Chris Dennis
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] apache2 CGI script problem
Peter Alefounder wrote:
> Can anyone help with this, please?
>
> I have been trying to set up a virtual server with webmin to run Perl
> GCI scripts from my home directory. The virtual server works, up
> to a point:
>
> The browser displays directory listings
>
> The browser displays html files
>
> The browser displays cgi files: not what it should do, I want it to
> run them and display the results.
>
> For the directory concerned, webmin lists the directives thus:
>
> allow from all                                /etc/apache2/apache2.conf (673)
> Options ExecCGI Indexes                       /etc/apache2/apache2.conf (674)
> AddHandler perl-script .cgi                   /etc/apache2/apache2.conf (675)


Shouldn't that be
    AddHandler cgi-script .pl
?


>
> The system is Debian 4.0r1, I have apache2 and libapache2-mod-perl2 installed.
> The cgi files are executable, work from the command line and worked under
> SuSE 9.1.
>
> Any ideas on what I might have done wrong, or not done that I should have?
>
> Peter Alefounder.


cheers

Chris

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Chris Dennis                                  cgdennis@???
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