cgi-bin problem

[BobbyS]

Hello,

I am running Ubuntu 8.10. I for the life of me cannot get my cgi-bin working. I am running apache2 for a local web server for testing. I hope someone may help please.

Thank you
BobbyS

[linuxd]

Ok well what I would do as a test is in your /var/www/cgi-bin/ dir put in a text file with just some rubbish, then point your browser to http://localhost/cgi-bin/NAMEOFTEXTFILE.txt and this file should be displayed, this will rule out permission issues on the cgi-bin dir and the .txt file – or alternatively you run from the /var/www/cgi-bin/

chmod 777 filename.pl
to give full rwx permissions.




If I'm correct when specifying the AddHandler line, you're meant to put in the '.' eg;
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
That is according the the apache docs (Apache module mod_mime)

[BobbyS]

Thanks for the response!

I tried what you suggested and it still will not work.