Hi Ganesh, Thanks for your time. I tried that but still its giving 'internal server error'. There were no unix paths in the httpd configuration file, i found windows paths everywhere. But at one place user directory is given as UserDir "My Documents/My Website"
shall i comment this line? i've attached the configuration file. please help. Regards, Aditi On 7/5/05, Aditi Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Ganesh, > > Thanks for your time. I tried that but still its giving 'internal server > error'. > There were no unix paths in the httpd configuration file, i found windows > paths everywhere. > But at one place user directory is given as > UserDir "My Documents/My Website" > > shall i comment this line? i've attached the configuration file. > please help. > > Regards, > Aditi > > > On 7/4/05, N. Ganesh Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > N. Ganesh Babu wrote: > > > > > Hai Aditi, > > > > > > I have worked with Apacche, Activestateperl 5.8.7 and XP. I will give > > > my experience to you. > > > > > > 1. Install Apache > > > 2. Install Activestateperl > > > 3. Configure Apache to accept cgi scripts. Please read this > > > "http://localhost/manual/howto/cgi.html"; link after installing apache. > > > It will show how to configure apache. Change unix paths to windows > > paths. > > > 4. Place the script in apache2/cgi-bin/ > > > 5. and execute the script by executing > > > http://localhost/cgi-bin/<scriptname>.cgi > > > > > > Try this one. It will work, if not write back. > > > > > > The only rights possible in windows are read-only and hidden. If still > > > it showing rights problem uncheck these two in the properties > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ganesh > > > > > > > > > Aditi Gupta wrote: > > > > > >>ya i have installed perl interpreter but the IIS option in > > 'add/remove' > > >>programs is not checked and i don't have windows xp installation cd > > for the > > >>time being. But i've downloaded apache, won't that serve the purpose? > > i > > >>really have no idea about this, so any help would be highly > > appreciated. > > >>And I have downloaded Perl MSI file from activestate and i've run > > simple > > >>perl programs on the machine. Do i need to install it again and make > > some > > >>changes during that? > > >> > > >>Thanks in advance, > > >>Regards, > > >>aditi. > > >> > > >>On 7/4/05, Langa F. Kentane <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>I know this is a stupid question, but have you installed the perl > > >>>intepreter on your XP system and does IIS know that it should call > > perl for > > >>> the.pl ext? A good perl intepreter that will do the setup for you > > when you > > >>>install is activeperl. > > >>>www.activestate.com<http://www.activestate.com><http://www.activestate.com > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > >>>------------------------- > > >>>Original Message: > > >>>From: Aditi Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>To: Perl Beginners < beginners@perl.org> > > >>>Date: Monday, July 4 2005 08:09 > > >>>Subject: cgi problem > > >>>Hello Perlers, > > >>> > > >>>I'm very new to CGI programming. I'm working with following: > > >>>Browser: Mozilla Firefox > > >>>Server: Apache 2.0.54 > > >>>OS: Windows XP > > >>> > > >>>I'm going through the following online tutorial for cgi: > > >>> http://www.cgi101.com/book/ > > >>> > > >>>The 1st cgi code that I wrote is as follows: > > >>> > > >>>first.cgi > > >>> > > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> > > > > >>>#!perl/bin/perl -wT > > >>>use CGI::Carp qw(warningsToBrowser fatalsToBrowser); > > >>>print " Content-type : text/html\n\n"; > > >>>print "Hello World!\n"; > > >>> > > > > >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>But when I write > > >>>'http://localhost/~P4/first.cgi<http://localhost/%7EP4/first.cgi>' > > in the browser location > > >>>window (P4 is my username), it said "Internal Server Error". I'm > > working > > >>>on > > >>>my personal computer. The tutorial says that it might happen because > > I > > >>>haven't changed file permissions using 'chmod 755 filename'. But > > there is > > >>>no > > >>>chmod command in Windows XP. Also, if I don't want to change file > > >>>permission, will the code not be executed? > > >>> > > >>>Please Help, > > >>>Thanks in advance for your help and time. > > >>>Regards, > > >>> > > >>>Aditi > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > >
