Octavian Rasnita wrote:
Hello all,
I have named index.html a file that in fact is a perl cgi program and I have put it in the directory /cgi-bin/
It works fine if I access it using an URL like:
http://localhost/cgi-bin/index.html
The problem is that I want to access that program using:
http://localhost/cgi-bin/
But it gives me the 403 Access denied error.
I have put Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews Includes ExecCGI indexes for that directory but it still doesn't choose automaticly the file index.html from that directory.
I have tested but it doesn't choose even if I use another extension (like .cgi) and if I set it to be a DirectoryIndex in httpd.conf. Do you know if a certain file (like index.html) can be automaticly chosen by the web server if rezides in a ScriptAlias directory (like /cgi-bin/)?
Or, are there any other secure solutions for what I want to do?
Thank you.
Teddy
Ted,
Find your httpd.conf file, mine was located in /usr/local/apache/conf - on a Linux build.
Then search on ScriptAlias - the first hit on my file was line number 566 that begins the comments on this 'feature'. In the default file my scripts were placed in the directory:
/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin
I left the code unaltered and just placed my scripts in that directory. I made the files executable for all classes of users, which I am not certain is necessary. By default all files in this directory are executed when requested rather than sent upon receiving a request (see comments in this file).
HTH
If this does NOT work, then I have another suggestion, but I tend to doubt that you are as inventive as I in finding ways to screwup a system as I am. I did it by mistakenly altering this same file and a mismatch on the profile running my browser! Now that takes <i><b>talent</i>!</b>
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