Re: [cobalt-users] .cgi as default page

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Mel Wade wrote:

> I'm wanting to make a CGI script in the cgi-gin my home page without using a
> redirect. Is there a way to do this?
> 
> Mel

You don't need cgi-bin, just put it in /web, and you need to tell the
webserver to accept that filename as the index.

As root, edit /etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf (pico -w /etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf)
(you need the -w in order for pico not to wrap the long DirectoryIndex
 line while you add characters to it)
and add index.cgi (or whatever file you want) to the list of files in the
line begining with DirectoryIndex (something that looks like this:)

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.php index.php3 index.php4 home.html home.htm

You should make it something like this:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.shtml index.php index.php3 index.php4 home.html home.htm index.cgi

HTH,

- shimi.