Re: could we use c replace perl in cgi program?
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, eric lin wrote:
> may be after I install what you recommand's libcgicg1-dev package
> it have test-cgi in my /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ so I change my
> /var/www/index.html's form point to it
>
> <form method="POST" action="http://www.linuxspice.com//cgi-bin/test-cgi";>
>
> after I use my browser to hit the submit bottom, it show Forbidden
>
> You don't have permission to access //cgi-bin/test-cgi on this server.
Do you have any book stores near you? There are a lot of great CGI
programming books available -- I think you would end up saving yourself a
lot of time by taking a break and doing some reading.
Learn a language first, like Perl, then worry about CGI programming. CGI
is a very basic interface, but trying to understand how to program, how a
web server works and how to combine that into a CGI application is a lot
to do all at once.
I would strongly recommned Perl over C if you are trying to decide --
there's just so many tutorials, examples (bad and good) and useful Perl
modules available that it makes Perl a good way to go. But, trying to
learn CGI by posting questions to lists is the hard way.
I don't think that a linux list, nor a list for installing and configuring
Apache is your best choise as a place to learn how to write CGI programs.
Take advantage of the hard work others have put in writing books and
CGI tutorials.
> Apache/1.3.26 Server at default.itsyourdomain.com Port 80
>
> even I chmod 777 test-cgi
>
> need advancer's advice
If you are doing that you need to also read about CGI security and unix
permissions.
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Bill Moseley moseley@hank.org
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