RE: Apache and cgi-bin directory - Redhat 7.1

[Fco. Javier Valladolid Hdez.]

----- Original Message -----
From: Frank J. Schmuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: Apache and cgi-bin directory - Redhat 7.1


> I have apache set up on a Linux machine running Redhat 7.1 (local home
> network).  The install (from rpm) placed the directories as follows:
>
> /var/www/html
> /var/www/cgi-bin
> /var/www/icons
>
> I can point a browser to 192.168.xxx.xxx and I am taken to the
/var/www/html
> directory and the file index.html is displayed showing that the apache
> install went ok.  I can replace that index.html file with another (or edit
> the original) to include a link to a script in the cgi-bin directory which
> is executed with the URL shown as
> http://192.168.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/perlfile.cgi.
>
> However I can't point the browser to http://192.168.xxx.xxx//cgi-bin
> directly to execute a script.
----> Remove one slash, first, ok!..... http://192.168.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin ,
Perl Scripts can't execute directly, or you can't view the scripts tree in
your browser, however best use http://192.168.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/perlfile.cgi.

Bye.

>
> Any idea what is going on I appear to have the same permissions in both
> directories.
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>
>
>
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