Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 13:30:05 -0500 From: "Bill Campbell" <campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us> To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: CERN httpd and CGI Message-ID: <1A7F77F4C37@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us>
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On Fri, 3 May 1996, Benjamin Tomhave wrote: > Howdy! > > I'm having problems getting CGI applications to run on my web pages > on my FreeBSD 2.1 system. I have the CERN httpd web daemon up and > running via the available binaries. Pages work fine, but I cannot > get any CGI apps. to process. Any ideas or suggestions anyone might > have would be great! I have not had any problems with CERN httpd so far so I don't have a lot of trouble-shooting expience with it. However, here is a (possibly to) simple suggestion. Make sure that you are putting your cgi scripts in the directory specified in your httpd.conf (often found at /usr/local/etc/httpd.conf). The line to look for is: Exec /cgi-bin/* /your/script/directory/* /your/script/directory is an absolute path from the real root dir of your system not the "fake" root dir that your web pages live under (as set by "Pass /* /your/URL/dir") Also note the *'s at the end of the both paths in the Exec statement. I believe they are important. When you call your script from a web page the reference to /cgi-bin/whatever will execute the script at /your/script/directory/whatever (assuming the Exec line above.) *--------- * Bill Campbell email: campbb@d-e.pvt.k12.nj.us * Dwight-Englewood School phone: 201-569-9500 ext 3206 * 315 E. Palisade Avenue * Englewood, New Jersey 07631 * USA
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