Re: Trouble ahead for cgi-bin/debian directory
On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote:
bruce >From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@waterf.org>
bruce >> I noticed that
bruce >> http://localhost/cgi-bin/debian/xxxx
bruce >> was parsed as
bruce >> http://localhost/cgi-bin/debian?xxxx
bruce >
bruce >This isn't quite right. The ?xxx should be in the environment variable
bruce >$PATH_INFO. Isn't this a requirement of the CGI standard?
>From what I see WN doing: Everything after the filename in
cgi-bin/file/PPPP or filename.cgi/PPPPP is a parameter to the script and
not the path for the cgi anymore. And this seems to be quite common
otherwise man2html would not use it.
bruce >Use your browser to touch http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bruce/foo .
bruce >Note the result says "Path: /foo". Look at the script in
bruce >/home/Archives/DebianWebMaster/cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bruce .
bruce >That is how a virtual pathname script should work.
The cgi bin is cgi-bin/bruce and the parameter is /foo right? Same as
http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bruce?/foo
That is exactly the problem.
bruce >I think you can fix this easily enough with _another_ CGI script rather
bruce >than the hack you have made to the web server. Put a CGI script in your
bruce >real cgi-bin that is called "debian". It should look like this:
I cannot unless I name the script "debian" for an url like
http://cgi-bin/debian/man2html
In this case the webserver is looking for a cgi bin in /cgi-bin with the
name of "debian" and passes "/man2html" as a parameter.
I have made a hack to man2html to insert a '?' between
cgi-bin/x/<pathname>. I have done nothing to the webserver in this
respect.
bruce >> I would suggest getting rid of cgi-bin/debian altogether and letting
bruce >> the webserver in update-debian-www make links in the real cgi-bin.
bruce >
bruce >It's possible, but more sloppy than I would like. Having the update-debian-www
bruce >put links into the primary cgi-bin means that the end-user must edit that
bruce >script if they want to turn off the automatic functionality. I'd rather have
bruce >it that the user need only remove a link or change a CGI path entry to remove
bruce >all of the automatic CGI scripts.
The end user can simply put files into the cgi-bin to override links.
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