The reason is that httpd.conf has a directive ScriptAlias /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin /cgi-bin/ which makes that cgi-bin and try this change the conf file, like this ScriptAlias /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin /something/ and restart apache or give it a HUP (killall -HUP httpd) Now you will hit it at http://localhost/something/test-cgiThe error is due to permissions - the file should be executable by the user apache is running as. So if you have apache running as apache user the file should have executable for that user.
HTH Aman RahejaPS: Try to respond back in a way so that it goes to the mailing list (use Reply All).
Larry Owens wrote:
Thank you, that was the access problem. Having to put the /cgi-bin, e.g. http://localhost/cgi-bin/test-cgi, in the path surprised me because to access an html file, it is not necessary to put /htdocs, e.g. http://localhost/htdocs/example.html, in the path. That is http//localhost/example.html works OK and including /htdocs does not. One more problem, if you have the time. Once the test-cgi is found, the servers prints "Internal Server Error". The error log is shown below. The path is correct. The file, test-cgi, is the test file that was included with the install. The error is "Permission denied". Is there some permission, in Debian Linux, required for a server to access a cgifile?[Mon Apr 04 12:09:01 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] (13)Permission denied: exec of '/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/test-cgi' failed [Mon Apr 04 12:09:01 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: test-cgi [Mon Apr 04 12:09:01 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/favicon.ico On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 08:52 -0500, Aman Raheja wrote:It looks like you are accessing the script incorrectly. You are doing http://server-ip/test-cgi but you should be doing http://server-ip/cgi-bin/test-cgi NOTE the cgi-bin there. HTH Regards -Aman Raheja Larry Owens wrote:I unsubscribed from the mailing list as I was getting many email messages, all unrelated to the question. The error log shows that the file does not exist. Would this be the error if permissions were wrong? I don't know what file "favicon.ico" is. [Sun Apr 03 22:44:54 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/test-cgi [Sun Apr 03 22:44:54 2005] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/favicon.ico On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 23:29 -0500, Aman Raheja wrote:what does the error log show? it could be a permissions issue. HTH - Aman Larry Owens wrote:I installed default build and install of apache2 under Debian linuxon apc. The server displays an html document from /htdocs OK but can not find test-cgi in /cgi-bin. The browser error is "Not Found. The requested URL /test-cgi was not found on this server." Any suggestions would be appreciated. My first install. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP ServerProject.See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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