Great!
So that is the answer. Is there also a solution; disabling this function ie or going around it?
Thanks,
Jan
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Van: André Malo [mailto:nd@xxxxxxxxx]
Verzonden: woensdag 15 februari 2006 12:12
Aan: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Onderwerp: Re: [users@httpd] CGI script with & without dash in name on Apache 2.0.55
* "Jan van den Berg" <jan.vandenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> www.site.com/cgi-bin/nph?width=5&link=http://www.hitsite.com
>
> This runs perfectly. However when I rename the program from 'nph' ->
> 'nph-hits' (same UID/GID and system rights) and I run it my browser asks
> what to do with the file ("octet-stream save as/open with")?!?! So like
> this:
>
> www.site.com/cgi-bin/nph-hits?width=5&link=http://www.hitsite.com
>
> The content of the script and all the rights are exactly the same?!
> However Apache seems to be handling it differently. I am running Apache
> 2.0.55 with just plain perl 5.8.4 (no mod_perl).
mod_cgi has a feature called 'nph-scripts'. All output from scripts named
'nph-*' is not parsed according to the CGI/HTTP rules, but passed directly to
the browser. nph stands for 'no parsed header'.
Yes, this feature is badly documented and kind of a legacy one.
nd
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