On 08/10/2012 01:14 PM, Smaran Harihar wrote: > Hi, > > I have set executable permissions for my py script (cgi-script) but for > some reason rather than executing it, the browser simply downloads the py > script. > > Here is the > link<http://128.196.142.94/geo/iplantgeo_cgi.py?get=env&from=latlon&lat=42,45,54&lon=-123,-65,-100>. > Before it was working on another server. I migrated it to this new domain > and it is having this issue. Where am I going wrong? > > Lots of possibilities, though I can't think of any relating to Python. So I didn't try to read your source file.
Is the location of this script acceptable to your web host? Some hosts deliberately restrict scripts to be in certain places (like /cgi-bin) in order to thwart a certain type of cracker. Next question, is the python installation actually at the place where your shebang points? -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list