Configuring Apache to see my CGI scripts. Unable to run CGI.

[patelxxx]

My cgi script is not being seen by Apache. I have no idea what to do,

1) I have read the httpd file in my conf folder and still no luck.

2) I have placed my CGI place in

C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/

still not luck.

My shebang line in my CGI is: #!/usr/bin/perl

[patelxxx]

In the conf folder (httpd) what do i need to delete/change below to run my CGI scripts. I've tried 'Allow from all' however this did not work too.

Currently all my .cgi files are in /Apache2.2/cgi-bin.

The below code taken from httpd doc (in conf folder):

# "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

my ScriptAlias is as follows:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/"

[patelxxx]

changed the shebang which actually resolved the issue. Changed the shebang line to point to perl.exe

[pbmods]

Heya, Patel.

Have a look at this document.

[patelxxx]

pbmods,

I get the error: HTTP 404 - File not found.

I have followed every thing from the link you gave me, still not sure what the problem is, i think I'm going crazy.

It's 3.25am i think i need to go to bed now.

cheers

[patelxxx]

pdmos,

1) my initial url is: http://localhost/post.html

i fill out the form (post.html) and click Submit which takes me to:

2) http://localhost/cgi-bin/post2.cgi

It's here on the above URL i get the error 404

Post.html is located in apache2.2/htdoc folder and post2.cgi is location in apache2.2/cgi-bin/post2.cgi

cheers

[pbmods]

Heya, Patel.

pdmos. That's a good one.

You should have this line somewhere in your httpd.conf file:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/path/to/apache2/cgi-bin/"
 

[patelxxx]

this is the line i have:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/"

pbmods, i can run .cgi files from this above folder by typing the following in the browser:

http://localhost/cgi-bin/browser.cgi
http://localhost/cgi-bin/hello.cgi

however the problem is when i SENT a form to a .cgi is where i get the 404 error.

cheers mate

[pbmods]

Heya, Patel.

Post an example of a form tag that doesn't go where it's supposed to on submit.

[patelxxx]

Hey pbmos,

My post.html FORM tag is as follows:

[HTML]<form action="/cgi-bin/post2.cgi" method="POST">[/HTML]

[pbmods]

Heya, Patel.

I assume that you do not get a 404 if you navigate to http://localhost/cgi-bin/post2.cgi in your browser....

You didn't mention post2.cgi as one of the scripts that you tested in an earlier post, so I thought I'd just make sure.

[patelxxx]

pbmods, guess what it's resolved. The problem was very simple, my CGI was named post2.cgi.cgi hence the FORM couldn't find the file.

Thank very much again, now starts my Perl journey.

[pbmods]

Heya, Patel.

Glad to hear you got it working! Good luck with your project, and if you ever need anything, post back anytime :)