Apache CGI Headache

[Stkcode]

Hi,

I'm having a problem getting mod_cgi (/var/html/cgi-bin)to work correctly on Apache 1.3.23 under Red Hat Linux 7.2
The apache error log shows,

[Mon Feb 4 13:45:13 2002] [error] (2)No such file or directory: exec of /var/

http://www/cgi-bin/workdir.cgi

failed
[Mon Feb 4 13:45:14 2002] [error] [client 192.168.1.1] Premature end of script headers: /var/

http://www/cgi-bin/workdir.cgi

I also have several other scripts I've tried and I get the same thing on all of them.
Here's where I'm lost.

When I run these scripts under mod_perl (/var/html/perl), most of the perl scripts run just fine. I would just continue to run under mod_perl, except some of the scripts wont work under mod_perl. Their seem to be some syntax that doesn't work under mod_perl, but does work under mod_cgi.

All the good stuff is their:

shebang in the script files (#!/usr/bin/perl)
the cgi-bin directory and perl scripts have read and execute permissions
some of them work under the /var/

http://www/perl

directory just fine yet none of them work under /var/

http://www/cgi-bin

The httpd.conf contains,

for mod_cgi

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/

http://www/cgi-bin/"

<Directory &quot;/var/

http://www/cgi-bin&quot;>

AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl


for mod_perl

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
Alias /perl/ /var/

http://www/perl/

<Location /perl>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
Options +ExecCGI
</Location>
</IfModule>


User apache
Group apache


I've also tried changing the owner and group of the cgi-bin directory and the script files to apache. Still know luck. I'm out of ideas.

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know...I stumped

Thank You,
Jon

 

[ifincham]

Hi,

Although AddHandler is supposed to be valid in a global context I have found on a couple of occasions (e.g. with virtual hosts) it doesn't seem to work unless you place it in the relevant <Directory> container. See if that makes a difference... i.e. :

<Directory &quot;/var/

http://www/cgi-bin&quot;>

AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl <===
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

Hope this helps

 

[Stkcode]

Thanks for the reply. Gave it a shot but no luck. Same error comes up.