Perhaps you could post/attach your .htaccess and masonhandler.pl for review, as well as the full path to each. I'm not adept at Apache, so I can't offer any great insight into best configuration or the nature of specific error messages.
I highly recommend buying and reading through the mason book. Here's the chapter on CGI: http://www.masonbook.com/book/chapter-9.mhtml I would go through the examples there, to ensure that you pick up on any quirks in your particular system's implementation. These are the steps I would proceed through in troubleshooting: Can you run a CGI script? Can you access mason via a CGI script? Can you set up a handler rule using FilesMatch? (Try just using CGI) Can you set up a handler that triggers your masonhandler.pl? Can you abstract the mason interfacing element from your CGI into your masonhandler? (based on basic example handler here: http://www.masonhq.com/docs/manual/CGIHandler.html ) Can you access your mason components with your mason handler? hth, RJ Benct Philip Jonsson wrote: > I have tried to use your .htaccess and handler versions > with a variety of location paths, but in every case when > I point to an *.mhtml file I get this error: > > "The requested URL > /home/account/masonhandler.pl/test.mhtml was not found > on this server." > > It seems Apache thinks masonhandler.pl is a directory > rather than a script that should handle requests for > *.mhtml files. > > RJ Herrick skrev: > >> Might the problem be the location of your handler? AFAIK, the location needs >> to be given from the web root: >> >> Action html-mason /webroot/handler.pl >> >> As such, I use .pl and 404 requests for .pl documents. Anyone better >> with apache know how I can locate this elsewhere? >> >> Here's the gist of my handler, hope that helps. >> >> RJ >> >> >> #!/usr/bin/perl -T >> >> use warnings; >> >> #Untainting: Explicitly add programs as needed >> $ENV{PATH} = undef; >> >> use strict; >> use HTML::Mason::CGIHandler; >> use CGI qw( escapeHTML ); >> use CGI::Carp qw/fatalsToBrowser/; >> use Digest::SHA1; >> use Cache::FileCache; >> >> use lib qw( /home/private/lib /home/private/lib/perl5/site_perl ); >> >> #Turn on profiling >> #use MasonX::Profiler; >> >> #Get a new Mason handler object >> my $h = HTML::Mason::CGIHandler->new >> ( >> #preamble => 'my $p = MasonX::Profiler->new($m, $r);', >> #MasonX::Profiler object >> allow_globals => [qw( $ROOT $ThisUser )], #globals per child >> code_cache_max_size => 0, #Turn off >> caching while testing >> ); >> >> #Pass the request to the handler. Ta-da! >> $h->handle_request; >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> >> >> BP Jonsson wrote: >> >> >>> Thanks, that was close but not quite... >>> >>> I get another error message: >>> >>> "The requested URL >>> /home/account/public_html/cgi-bin/mason_handler.cgi/test.mhtml was not >>> found on this server." >>> >>> What does your masonhandler.pl look like? >>> >>> RJ Herrick skrev: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I use FilesMatch in my .htaccess. >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>> #Define the html-mason handler (server root relative) >>>> Action html-mason /somewhere/masonhandler.pl >>>> >>>> #Public >>>> <FilesMatch "\.mhtml$"> >>>> Options +ExecCGI >>>> SetHandler html-mason >>>> </FilesMatch> >>>> >>>> #Private >>>> <FilesMatch ".mas$"> >>>> Order allow,deny >>>> Deny from all >>>> </FilesMatch> >>>> >>>> [/snip] >>>> >>>> RJ >>>> >>>> BP Jonsson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> I have followed the instructions for setting up Mason >>>>> in a CGI environment on a shared server found at >>>>> <http://www.masonhq.com/docs/manual/CGIHandler.html>. >>>>> >>>>> However I get an error message: >>>>> >>>>> "[alert] [client xxx] /home/account/public_html/.htaccess: >>>>> <LocationMatch not allowed here" >>>>> >>>>> The host admin thinks it is a cgi-error, but I'm more inclined >>>>> to think it has to do with what directives are allowed in >>>>> .htaccess files as described at >>>>> <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html#what> >>>>> It seems there should be an AllowOverride directive somewhere, >>>>> but where? And what should it look like? Can I fix this >>>>> problem or do I have to have the host admin do it? >>>>> >>>>> I'm aware this may be primarily an Apache question. I have >>>>> unsuccessfully looked around for an answer, but I don't really >>>>> know how to formulate the question, and this is obviously >>>>> important in order to get Mason to run under cgi, so I ask >>>>> your forgiveness and hope somebody has some advice. >>>>> >>>>> /BP >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mason-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ Mason-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mason-users
