Firstly, thank you so much for your long and patient reply. I really
appreciate it.
Okay, please quote the exact line in the FAQ in your next post. That
kind of thing can be mis-paraphrased easily when one is new to these
things.
But
Here’s the link:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/FAQ.html#CGIoutsideScriptAlias
- Did you make sure your directory tree has read and execution
privileges at every level above? Here is mine:
Yes, I just checked and all my directories already had drwxr-xr-x
permissions.
Then in the browser, make sure it comes out orange, and make sure
especially that it says “Blek!”. That’s your simple starting point,
then work up from there.
I ran the script and dumped the output in a .html and it works fine.
But still, when I click the submit button it shows me the source code
and doesnt execute. And just to let you know, I dont have a .htaccess
file anywhere. I was never there. Do I have to create it ?
Here’s the source code of my html file.
Test Form
I like Ruby because:
It's flexible
It's transparent
It's like Perl
It's fun
Your name:
Here’s the source code of the test Shell file that you just gave(I
changed the shell path as I use ZSH)
#!/bin/zsh
echo “Content-type: text/html”
echo
echo “”
echo “
Blek!
”
date
echo “”
And Here’s my httpd.conf file
This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file. It contains
the
configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
In particular, see
for a discussion of each configuration directive.
Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
what they do. They’re here only as hints or reminders. If you are
unsure
consult the online docs. You have been warned.
Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
of the server’s control files begin with “/” (or “drive:/” for Win32),
the
server will use that explicit path. If the filenames do not begin
with “/”, the value of ServerRoot is prepended – so “logs/foo.log”
with ServerRoot set to “/usr/local/apache2” will be interpreted by the
server as “/usr/local/apache2/logs/foo.log”.
ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server’s
configuration, error, and log files are kept.
Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path. If you point
ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to point the LockFile
directive
at a local disk. If you wish to share the same ServerRoot for
multiple
httpd daemons, you will need to change at least LockFile and PidFile.
ServerRoot “/usr/local/apache2”
Listen: Allows you to bind Apache to specific IP addresses and/or
ports, instead of the default. See also the
directive.
Change this to Listen on specific IP addresses as shown below to
prevent Apache from glomming onto all bound IP addresses.
#Listen 12.34.56.78:80
Listen 80
Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a
DSO you
have to place corresponding `LoadModule’ lines at this location so the
directives contained in it are actually available before they are
used.
Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l’) do not need
to be loaded here.
Example:
LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
<IfModule !mpm_netware_module>
If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
httpd as root initially and it will switch.
User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
running httpd, as with most system services.
User daemon
Group daemon
‘Main’ server configuration
The directives in this section set up the values used by the ‘main’
server, which responds to any requests that aren’t handled by a
definition. These values also provide defaults for
any containers you may define later in the file.
All of these directives may appear inside containers,
in which case these default settings will be overridden for the
virtual host being defined.
ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
e-mailed. This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName gives the name and port that the server uses to identify
itself.
This can often be determined automatically, but we recommend you
specify
it explicitly to prevent problems during startup.
If your host doesn’t have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address
here.
#ServerName www.example.com:80
DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
DocumentRoot “/usr/local/apache2/htdocs”
Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with
respect
to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that
directory (and its subdirectories).
First, we configure the “default” to be a very restrictive set of
features.
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Note that from this point forward you must specifically allow
particular features to be enabled - so if something’s not working as
you might expect, make sure that you have specifically enabled it
below.
This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
<Directory “/usr/local/apache2/htdocs”>
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are “None”, “All”,
# or any combination of:
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI
MultiViews
#
# Note that “MultiViews” must be named explicitly — “Options
All”
# doesn’t give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please
see
# core - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.2
# for more information.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess
files.
# It can be “All”, “None”, or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride None
#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
is requested.
DirectoryIndex index.html
The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
viewed by Web clients.
<FilesMatch “^.ht”>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a
container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
logged here. If you do define an error logfile for a
container, that host’s errors will be logged there and not here.
ErrorLog logs/error_log
LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn
#
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
#
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\"
\"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
<IfModule logio_module>
# You need to enable mod_logio.c to use %I and %O
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\"
"%{User-Agent}i" %I %O" combinedio
#
# The location and format of the access logfile (Common Logfile
Format).
# If you do not define any access logfiles within a
# container, they will be logged here. Contrariwise, if you do
# define per- access logfiles, transactions will be
# logged therein and not in this file.
#
CustomLog logs/access_log common
#
# If you prefer a logfile with access, agent, and referer
information
# (Combined Logfile Format) you can use the following directive.
#
#CustomLog logs/access_log combined
#
# Redirect: Allows you to tell clients about documents that used to
# exist in your server's namespace, but do not anymore. The client
# will make a new request for the document at its new location.
# Example:
# Redirect permanent /foo http://www.example.com/bar
#
# Alias: Maps web paths into filesystem paths and is used to
# access content that does not live under the DocumentRoot.
# Example:
# Alias /webpath /full/filesystem/path
#
# If you include a trailing / on /webpath then the server will
# require it to be present in the URL. You will also likely
# need to provide a <Directory> section to allow access to
# the filesystem path.
#
# ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server
scripts.
# ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that
# documents in the target directory are treated as applications and
# run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to
the
# client. The same rules about trailing “/” apply to ScriptAlias
# directives as to Alias.
#
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/forms/cgi-bin/
#
# ScriptSock: On threaded servers, designate the path to the UNIX
# socket used to communicate with the CGI daemon of mod_cgid.
#
#Scriptsock logs/cgisock
“/usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin” should be changed to whatever your
ScriptAliased
CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
<Directory “/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/forms/cgi-bin”>
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename
extensions.
If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, “text/plain” is
a good value. If most of your content is binary, such as applications
or images, you may want to use “application/octet-stream” instead to
keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
text.
DefaultType text/plain
#
# TypesConfig points to the file containing the list of mappings
from
# filename extension to MIME-type.
#
TypesConfig conf/mime.types
#
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
# file specified in TypesConfig for specific file types.
#
#AddType application/x-gzip .tgz
#
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
#
#AddEncoding x-compress .Z
#AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
#
# If the AddEncoding directives above are commented-out, then you
# probably should define those extensions to indicate media types:
#
AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
#
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to
“handlers”:
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the
server
# or added with the Action directive (see below)
#
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
# (You will also need to add “ExecCGI” to the “Options” directive.)
#
#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
# For type maps (negotiated resources):
#AddHandler type-map var
#
# Filters allow you to process content before it is sent to the
client.
#
# To parse .shtml files for server-side includes (SSI):
# (You will also need to add “Includes” to the “Options” directive.)
#
#AddType text/html .shtml
#AddOutputFilter INCLUDES .shtml
The mod_mime_magic module allows the server to use various hints from
the
contents of the file itself to determine its type. The MIMEMagicFile
directive tells the module where the hint definitions are located.
#MIMEMagicFile conf/magic
Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
Some examples:
#ErrorDocument 500 “The server made a boo boo.”
#ErrorDocument 404 /missing.html
#ErrorDocument 404 “/cgi-bin/missing_handler.pl”
#ErrorDocument 402 http://www.example.com/subscription_info.html
EnableMMAP and EnableSendfile: On systems that support it,
memory-mapping or the sendfile syscall is used to deliver
files. This usually improves server performance, but must
be turned off when serving from networked-mounted
filesystems or if support for these functions is otherwise
broken on your system.
#EnableMMAP off
#EnableSendfile off
Supplemental configuration
The configuration files in the conf/extra/ directory can be
included to add extra features or to modify the default configuration
of
the server, or you may simply copy their contents here and change as
necessary.
Server-pool management (MPM specific)
#Include conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf
Multi-language error messages
#Include conf/extra/httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf
Fancy directory listings
#Include conf/extra/httpd-autoindex.conf
Language settings
#Include conf/extra/httpd-languages.conf
User home directories
#Include conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf
Real-time info on requests and configuration
#Include conf/extra/httpd-info.conf
Virtual hosts
#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
#Include conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf
Distributed authoring and versioning (WebDAV)
#Include conf/extra/httpd-dav.conf
Various default settings
#Include conf/extra/httpd-default.conf
Secure (SSL/TLS) connections
#Include conf/extra/httpd-ssl.conf
Note: The following must must be present to support
starting without SSL on platforms with no /dev/random equivalent
but a statically compiled-in mod_ssl.
SSLRandomSeed startup builtin
SSLRandomSeed connect builtin