Re: [cobalt-users] Running CGI as .htm

[jspr <bat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, jspr wrote:
>>
>>> I recently moved from a Raq2 to a raq3 server and ran into some suffix
>>> problems. On the old server I had some sites with dynamicly generted pages
>>> (cgi scripts) with the suffix .htm. On the Raq2 I added a "AddHandler
>>> cgi-wrapper .htm" to httpd.conf for the sites and cheated the server into
>>> running files named .htm as perl scripts. On the Raq3 this little trick
>>> doesn't work anymore and all the pages gives an "Execution of this script
>>> not permitted" error. It seems the Raq3 will not accept running scripts
>>> with any other suffix than .pl or .cgi. Any suggestions?
>
>>
>>CGI scripts cannot be owned by httpd or root.  I suspect this may be the
>>problem.  Change ownership of the script to a valid site user.
>>
>>--
>>Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}
>
>Thanks for the answer Steven.
>I actually have been around the ownership issue and that is not "it" - the
>scripts are owned by regualar users.
>I have had my nose in every direction and still I'm lost :(
>- the problem is not in the scripts ... they work fine (when named .pl or
>.cgi).
>- it is not the .htm ... .ok .hmm or .fck don't work - only .pl or .cgi
>will execute as a script...
>

>On my RaQ2 all I added in a .htaccess file was:
>AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .htm
>
>e.g.: http://www.worldsbestdeals.com/travel/KeyWestHotels.html links on that
>page call a CGI named .htm
>
>--
>Dan Kriwitsky

Yeah - I used that too on the Raq2 and it worked just fine ... but the Raq3
just don't eat it :(
jspr

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