in one of the apache conf files (in /etc/httpd/conf) there is a section defining the cgi-bin, by default its set to:
Deny All, you need to change that in order to get the scripts executing... I had to when I setup my webserver. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of gcobb Sent: Thursday, 30 January 2003 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] CGI Not working after install There is a squid cgi script in the /cgi-bin dir from the installation. I installed squirrelmail and it apparently needed to run a cgi script too, but both told me I didn't have permission to run either file. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of robin > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] CGI Not working after install > > > gcobb wrote: > > After the install, I tried running a few CGI programs from the web. > > They told me permissions were denied or I otherwise didn't > have access > > to the cgi script in /var/www/cgi-bin/. I changed the dir > to the name > > Apache runs under and made the dir and everything under it > executable. > > I looked out on the Apache site and wasn't able to make any > progress. > > I use httpd.conf and commonhttpd.conf as a result of my install. I > > compared them to docs I read and I can't see any reason why they > > aren't working. > > Are you talking about your own CGI programs you're running > from your own > server, or CGI programs in general? > > Sir Robin > > -- > " Like these cutters, and hackers, who will take the wall of men, and > picke quarrells." > - G. Pettie > > Robin Turner > IDMYO > Bilkent Univeritesi > Ankara 06533 > Turkey > www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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