Re: [cobalt-users] Problem executing CGI

[Liz <daldog@xxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday - 03/30/2000 (10:53 AM) - Bob Whiting wrote...
> Thanks for the tips on running an X application on the RaQ3. I am one step
> closer to getting things up and running.
>
> However, I now am unable to execute my script.

Bob,
Did you "chmod 755 script.cgi" ..?


> I have a file /cgi-bin/script

Actually, you're not really required to put your cgi scripts in 
specifically a "cgi-bin" directory.  You can execute them in any /web 
directory for a virtual site.  Since you didn't include a file extension 
I'll take a stab here and say that the script won't execute because it 
doesn't have a file extension.  For all web page based stuff I usually give 
a cgi script the ".cgi" extension.  ".pl" stuff I use for shell scripts, 
but that's my own personal preference.


> This file was placed on the machine by telnetting in. Ownership is now
> httpd.

Have you tried changing ownership with "chown username script.cgi" in 
telnet for a user name of that particular virtual site??
The FAQs at Apache's web site cover most of your questions. :-)
   http://www.apache.org

Liz