On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 11:29:08PM -0500, Paul Miller wrote: > > Unfortunately that is the first thing... it runs on other systems, so I'm > > clueless.. It wasn't able to run from the server cgi-bin, so I don't > > think it is suEXEC's problem, but Apache's. > > Hmmm, ok, I apologise for getting a bit carried away about that. > I tested it here on two systems (Solaris running from a web server > running as me from my home directory) and Linux on the system > web server, running Apache 1.1 and 1.2 respectively, perl 5.003 > and 5.004_02 respectively, and both were fine, although it's > difficult to be absolutely sure without the corresponding > form.
hmm.. I have Apache 1.3b3-4 and Perl 5.004.04-2 (Debian/hamm packages) > What's suEXEC got to do with it? Perhaps that is a factor. > I don't really know what it is, but I assume it lets you run > setuid CGI programs or similar. It's something new in 1.3 (I think) which allows 'safer' execution of cgi scripts by users. > So if you couldn't run it from the cgi-bin, how did you run it -- > name it .cgi and enable that in the Apache configs? Perhaps > that part is the problem. Post your srm.conf? I can run other cgi scripts, so that can't be the problem... I attached my confs... hopefully they will reveal a quick & easy fix. Thanks Paul
# access.conf: Global access configuration # Online docs at http://www.apache.org/ # This file defines server settings which affect which types of services # are allowed, and in what circumstances. # Each directory to which Apache has access, can be configured with respect # to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that # directory (and its subdirectories). # Originally by Rob McCool # This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to. <Directory /home/ftp/users/www/root> # This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes", # "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews". # Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All" # doesn't give it to you (or at least, not yet). Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI # This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can # override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo", # "AuthConfig", and "Limit" AllowOverride None # Controls who can get stuff from this server. order allow,deny allow from all </Directory> # @@ServerRoot@@/cgi-bin should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured. <Directory /cgi-bin/> AllowOverride None Options None </Directory> # Allow server status reports, with the URL of http://servername/server-status # Change the ".your_domain.com" to match your domain to enable. #<Location /server-status> #SetHandler server-status #order deny,allow #deny from all #allow from .your_domain.com #</Location> # There have been reports of people trying to abuse an old bug from pre-1.1 # days. This bug involved a CGI script distributed as a part of Apache. # By uncommenting these lines you can redirect these attacks to a logging # script on phf.apache.org. Or, you can record them yourself, using the script # support/phf_abuse_log.cgi. #<Location /cgi-bin/phf*> #deny from all #ErrorDocument 403 http://phf.apache.org/phf_abuse_log.cgi #</Location> # You may place any other directories or locations you wish to have # access information for after this one.
# This is the main server configuration file. See URL http://www.apache.org/ # for instructions. # Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding # what they do, if you are unsure consult the online docs. You have been # warned. # Originally by Rob McCool # ServerType is either inetd, or standalone. ServerType standalone # If you are running from inetd, go to "ServerAdmin". # Port: The port the standalone listens to. For ports < 1023, you will # need httpd to be run as root initially. Port 80 # HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP numbers # e.g. www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off) # The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people # had to knowingly turn this feature on. HostnameLookups off # If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run # httpd as root initially and it will switch. # User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as. # On SCO (ODT 3) use User nouser and Group nogroup # On HPUX you may not be able to use shared memory as nobody, and the # suggested workaround is to create a user www and use that user. User www-data Group www-data # ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be # e-mailed. ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] # ServerRoot: The directory the server's config, error, and log files # are kept in ServerRoot /etc/apache # BindAddress: You can support virtual hosts with this option. This option # is used to tell the server which IP address to listen to. It can either # contain "*", an IP address, or a fully qualified Internet domain name. # See also the VirtualHost directive. # BindAddress * # ErrorLog: The location of the error log file. If this does not start # with /, ServerRoot is prepended to it. ErrorLog /var/log/apache/error.log # TransferLog: The location of the transfer log file. If this does not # start with /, ServerRoot is prepended to it. TransferLog /var/log/apache/access.log # PidFile: The file the server should log its pid to PidFile /var/run/apache.pid # Not all architectures require this. But if yours does (you'll know because # this file is created when you run Apache) then you *must* ensure that # no two invocations of Apache share the same scoreboard file. # ServerName allows you to set a host name which is sent back to clients for # your server if it's different than the one the program would get (i.e. use # "www" instead of the host's real name). # # Note: You cannot just invent host names and hope they work. The name you # define here must be a valid DNS name for your host. If you don't understand # this, ask your network administrator. ServerName www.3dillusion.com #ServerAlias ns.3dillusion.com 3dillusion # CacheNegotiatedDocs: By default, Apache sends Pragma: no-cache with each # document that was negotiated on the basis of content. This asks proxy # servers not to cache the document. Uncommenting the following line disables # this behavior, and proxies will be allowed to cache the documents. #CacheNegotiatedDocs # Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out Timeout 300 # KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than # one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate. KeepAlive On # MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow # during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount. # We reccomend you leave this number high, for maximum performance. MaxKeepAliveRequests 100 # KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request KeepAliveTimeout 15 # Server-pool size regulation. Rather than making you guess how many # server processes you need, Apache dynamically adapts to the load it # sees --- that is, it tries to maintain enough server processes to # handle the current load, plus a few spare servers to handle transient # load spikes (e.g., multiple simultaneous requests from a single # Netscape browser). # It does this by periodically checking how many servers are waiting # for a request. If there are fewer than MinSpareServers, it creates # a new spare. If there are more than MaxSpareServers, some of the # spares die off. These values are probably OK for most sites --- MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 20 # Number of servers to start --- should be a reasonable ballpark figure. StartServers 10 # Limit on total number of servers running, i.e., limit on the number # of clients who can simultaneously connect --- if this limit is ever # reached, clients will be LOCKED OUT, so it should NOT BE SET TOO LOW. # It is intended mainly as a brake to keep a runaway server from taking # Unix with it as it spirals down... MaxClients 150 # MaxRequestsPerChild: the number of requests each child process is # allowed to process before the child dies. # The child will exit so as to avoid problems after prolonged use when # Apache (and maybe the libraries it uses) leak. On most systems, this # isn't really needed, but a few (such as Solaris) do have notable leaks # in the libraries. MaxRequestsPerChild 30 # Proxy Server directives. Uncomment the following line to # enable the proxy server: #ProxyRequests On # To enable the cache as well, edit and uncomment the following lines: #CacheRoot @@ServerRoot@@/proxy #CacheSize 5 #CacheGcInterval 4 #CacheMaxExpire 24 #CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.1 #CacheDefaultExpire 1 #NoCache a_domain.com another_domain.edu joes.garage_sale.com # Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or # ports, in addition to the default. See also the VirtualHost command #Listen 3000 #Listen 12.34.56.78:80 # VirtualHost: Allows the daemon to respond to requests for more than one # server address, if your server machine is configured to accept IP packets # for multiple addresses. This can be accomplished with the ifconfig # alias flag, or through kernel patches like VIF. # Any httpd.conf or srm.conf directive may go into a VirtualHost command. # See alto the BindAddress entry. NameVirtualHost 198.109.162.43 #<VirtualHost host.some_domain.com> #ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] #DocumentRoot /www/docs/host.some_domain.com #ServerName host.some_domain.com #ErrorLog logs/host.some_domain.com-error_log #TransferLog logs/host.some_domain.com-access_log #</VirtualHost> <VirtualHost www.3dillusion.com> DocumentRoot /home/ftp/users/www/root ServerName www.3dillusion.com </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost paul.3dillusion.com> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] DocumentRoot /home/staff/paul/public_html ServerName paul.3dillusion.com </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost mmp.3dillusion.com> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] DocumentRoot /home/ftp/users/web/mmp/public_html ServerName mmp.3dillusion.com </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost jason.3dillusion.com> ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] DocumentRoot /home/ftp/users/web/jason/public_html ServerName jason.3dillusion.com </VirtualHost>
# With this document, you define the name space that users see of your http # server. This file also defines server settings which affect how requests are # serviced, and how results should be formatted. # See the tutorials at http://www.apache.org/ for # more information. # Originally by Rob McCool; Adapted for Apache # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations. DocumentRoot /home/ftp/users/www/root # UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home # directory if a ~user request is recieved. UserDir public_html # DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML # directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces. DirectoryIndex index.html # FancyIndexing is whether you want fancy directory indexing or standard FancyIndexing on # AddIcon tells the server which icon to show for different files or filename # extensions AddIconByEncoding (CMP,/icons/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.gif) text/* AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image2.gif) image/* AddIconByType (SND,/icons/sound2.gif) audio/* AddIconByType (VID,/icons/movie.gif) video/* AddIcon /icons/binary.gif .bin .exe AddIcon /icons/binhex.gif .hqx AddIcon /icons/tar.gif .tar AddIcon /icons/world2.gif .wrl .wrl.gz .vrml .vrm .iv AddIcon /icons/compressed.gif .Z .z .tgz .gz .zip AddIcon /icons/a.gif .ps .ai .eps AddIcon /icons/layout.gif .html .shtml .htm .pdf AddIcon /icons/text.gif .txt AddIcon /icons/c.gif .c AddIcon /icons/p.gif .pl .py AddIcon /icons/f.gif .for AddIcon /icons/dvi.gif .dvi AddIcon /icons/uuencoded.gif .uu AddIcon /icons/script.gif .conf .sh .shar .csh .ksh .tcl AddIcon /icons/tex.gif .tex AddIcon /icons/bomb.gif core AddIcon /icons/back.gif .. AddIcon /icons/hand.right.gif README AddIcon /icons/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^ AddIcon /icons/blank.gif ^^BLANKICON^^ # DefaultIcon is which icon to show for files which do not have an icon # explicitly set. DefaultIcon /icons/unknown.gif # AddDescription allows you to place a short description after a file in # server-generated indexes. # Format: AddDescription "description" filename # ReadmeName is the name of the README file the server will look for by # default. Format: ReadmeName name # # The server will first look for name.html, include it if found, and it will # then look for name and include it as plaintext if found. # # HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to # directory indexes. ReadmeName README HeaderName HEADER # IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore # Format: IndexIgnore name1 name2... IndexIgnore .??* *~ *# HEADER* README* RCS # AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory # for access control information. AccessFileName .htaccess # DefaultType is the default MIME type for documents which the server # cannot find the type of from filename extensions. DefaultType text/plain # AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers (Mosaic/X 2.1+) uncompress # information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this. AddEncoding x-compress Z AddEncoding x-gzip gz # AddLanguage allows you to specify the language of a document. You can # then use content negotiation to give a browser a file in a language # it can understand. Note that the suffix does not have to be the same # as the language keyword --- those with documents in Polish (whose # net-standard language code is pl) may wish to use "AddLanguage pl .po" # to avoid the ambiguity with the common suffix for perl scripts. AddLanguage en .en AddLanguage fr .fr AddLanguage de .de AddLanguage da .da AddLanguage el .el AddLanguage it .it # LanguagePriority allows you to give precedence to some languages # in case of a tie during content negotiation. # Just list the languages in decreasing order of preference. LanguagePriority en fr de # Redirect allows you to tell clients about documents which used to exist in # your server's namespace, but do not anymore. This allows you to tell the # clients where to look for the relocated document. # Format: Redirect fakename url # Aliases: Add here as many aliases as you need (with no limit). The format is # Alias fakename realname # Note that if you include a trailing / on fakename then the server will # require it to be present in the URL. So "/icons" isn't aliased in this # example. Alias /icons/ /home/ftp/users/www/icons/ # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts. # Format: ScriptAlias fakename realname ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/ftp/users/www/cgi-bin/ # If you want to use server side includes, or CGI outside # ScriptAliased directories, uncomment the following lines. # AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or to # make certain files to be certain types. # Format: AddType type/subtype ext1 # AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers", # actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server # or added with the Action command (see below) # Format: AddHandler action-name ext1 # To use CGI scripts: AddHandler cgi-script .pl AddHandler cgi-script .cgi # To use server-parsed HTML files #AddType text/html .shtml AddHandler server-parsed .shtml # Uncomment the following line to enable Apache's send-asis HTTP file # feature AddHandler send-as-is asis # If you wish to use server-parsed imagemap files, use AddHandler imap-file map # To enable type maps, you might want to use AddHandler type-map var # Action lets you define media types that will execute a script whenever # a matching file is called. This eliminates the need for repeated URL # pathnames for oft-used CGI file processors. # Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location # Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location # MetaDir: specifies the name of the directory in which Apache can find # meta information files. These files contain additional HTTP headers # to include when sending the document MetaDir .web # MetaSuffix: specifies the file name suffix for the file containing the # meta information. MetaSuffix .meta # Customizable error response (Apache style) # these come in three flavors # # 1) plain text #ErrorDocument 500 "The server made a boo boo. # n.b. the (") marks it as text, it does not get output # # 2) local redirects #ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html # to redirect to local url /missing.html #ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl # n.b. can redirect to a script or a document using server-side-includes. # # 3) external redirects #ErrorDocument 402 http://some.other_server.com/subscription_info.html # # mod_mime_magic allows the server to use various hints from the file itself # to determine its type. #MimeMagicFile conf/magic # The following directive disables keepalives and HTTP header flushes for # Netscape 2.x and browsers which spoof it. There are known problems with # these BrowserMatch Mozilla/2 nokeepalive # The following directive disables HTTP/1.1 responses to browsers which # are in violation of the HTTP/1.0 spec by not being able to grok a # basic 1.1 response. BrowserMatch "RealPlayer 4.0" force-response-1.0 # Added for Debian GNU/Linux docs (webstandard 3.0). Alias /doc/ /usr/doc/