RE: [users@httpd] cgi scripts not running

[Stephen Elmer]

Thanks Kevin  - you got me thinking….I’ve got it going J, but I think it was all along!   Being rather new to all this (the linuxbox was built yesterday)…   The problem was I was accessing the html file by file:///var/www/html/wp.html  when  submitted the cgi script will point to /var/www/html/cgi-bin/mycgi.cgi– this gives the error message. It makes sense to me now.   If I use http://localhost/wp.html it works fine, likewise if I access the cgi file with http://localhost/cgi-bin/mycgi.cgi it works   It was rather a good way of making me read the documents for the last two days, but I do feel a bit of an idiot.     Many thanks to Mark and Kevin for your help, it is much appreciated       Stephen         From: Mark Feather [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 July 2005 01:28 To: users@httpd.apache.org; Kevin O'Neil Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cgi scripts not running   Is your Config file split up into several files, does your config file call (if thats the correct word to use) other config files from elsewhere after your personal additions / alterations.   If so this would i guess override all your own work?   Are you altering the correct Config File?  Is Apache reading some other config file and or some other files?   Stephen, Look closely at the errors: "/var/www/html/cgi-bin/mycgi.cgi" It is looking in the html folder because you don't have the domain or ip before the cgi-bin. yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/mycgi.cgi I am unsure how to access the cgi-bin from the folder html without domain unless you have the cgi-bin in the html folder like:   /var/www/html/cgi-bin/myfile.cgi would work with action="" and even "/cgi-bin...   To access upwards .../cgi-bin/ should work. Thanks, Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Elmer To: 'users@httpd.apache.org' Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:35 PM Subject: RE: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cgi scripts not running   If I have <FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=""     the error is    The file /var/www/html/cgi-bin/mycgi.cgi cannot be found   If I have <FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=""     the error is    The file /var/www/html/mycgi.cgi cannot be found   If I have <FORM METHOD=POST ACTION=""  the error is  The file /cgi-bin/mycgi.cgi cannot be found   So how do I get it to look in /var/www/cgi-bin      I’ve put  ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/  “/var/www/cgi-bin/”  in the config file, dosen’t this do it?     Thanks   Stephen   -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 28/07/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 28/07/2005