This is not working for me. Any chance you can mail your config? Also, is your mod_perl a DSO or bult statically. I have done this on at least 100 other servers in my time. What am I missing this time?
Thanks, Chuck -----Original Message----- From: tom poe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:29 PM To: Chuck Carson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <Files> problem, pulling my dam hair out On Thursday 29 November 2001 14:37, Chuck Carson wrote: > I have the following config: > > apache 1.3.22 with perl 1.26 built statically > > I want to use perl to dynamically generate html pages, so I have .pl > files under DOCUMENT_ROOT. > > I have this config: > > Alias /perl /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin > <Directory /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin > > SetHandler perl-script > PerlHandler Apache::Registry > Options +ExecCGI > </Directory> > <Files *.pl> > SetHandler perl-script > PerlHandler Apache::Registry > Options ExecCGI > </Files> > > Whenever I try and get a perl script from a web browser, it pops up a > dialog asking to save the damn file. I have tried Netscape 4.79 on NT > and Unix as well as IE 5.5. I have configured a server in this manner > probably 100 times, I cannot find what I a missing this particuliar > time. > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > Chuck Hi, Chuck: For starters, is the line above correct: > Alias /perl /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin or should you use: Alias /perl/ /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/ The other thing you might check in that area, is a line that says something like: AddHandler cgi-script .pl .cgi I'm running SuSE7.1, and Apache1.3.14 with a documentRoot of /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/ hth tom
