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[zvrcvm]

I have a problem calling a perl script on my server.
I have installed apache 2.0.39.
I have configured the cgi-bin directory correctly.
In fact, if I call the script through the browser, it works perfectly.
But, from inside the html code of the page, it gives no result.
I call it by <!--#exec cgi=&quot;/cgi-bin/myscript.pl&quot; -->
and it does not work.
If I run it trough <img src=&quot;/cgi-bin/myscript.pl&quot;> it works but does not give any result on the screen.

Who can help me??

Thanks

Giorgio

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

When you say that it &quot;does not work&quot;, what actually happens?

We need more details about this.

If you view source, do you see that code?
Do you have SSI exec commands enabled?

Hope this helps Wullie

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[zvrcvm]

Thanks Wullie,

&quot;does not work&quot; means that the command
<!--#exec cgi=&quot;/cgi-bin/myscript.pl&quot; -->does not execute the script.

The command <img src=&quot;/cgi-bin/myscript.pl&quot;> really execute the script (that increments a counter in a different file), but does not print the result on the screen.

This problem is for any perl - cgi script I tried.

I have to solve the problem because I'm installing this server to give hosting service to my clients. It's my first experience with apache 2 on freebsd 4.6. I've worked on previous versions without any problem.

thanks

Giorgio

 

[danielhozac]

Do you have ExecCGI and Includes enabled in the directory that you have that page in? Is the command still there when you view source on the resulting page? //Daniel

 

[zvrcvm]

Yes, to both questions.
Where the hell can be the problem???
)


Thanks

Giorgio

 

[danielhozac]

If the <!--#exec .. --> line is on the resulting page as a comment, it means that the page wasn't parsed as a SSI page. What extension have you associated to SSI documents and is that extension the same as the file's exntesion? //Daniel

 

[zvrcvm]

Thank you Daniel, very much.

After your last message I've solved the problem I added a .htaccess file into the cgi-bin directory with the content:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .html

and all went OK.

What I do not understand is that the same configuration I gave for the same directory in the httpd.conf file. Why did it not work???

Giorgio

 

[danielhozac]

To ask the stupid question, did you restart apache after you changed your httpd.conf? //Daniel

 

[zvrcvm]

) sure!!
I tried the same on another directory, with the same problem: it only works through the .htaccess file and not through the httpd.conf.
May be a new &quot;special&quot; feature of version 2 of apache?? )

Giorgio