Re: Apache and CGI

[Mark Par <markp@ph.inter.net>]

Greg Sidelinger wrote:

> Ok I feel pretty stupid for even asking this but how do I make cgi scripts 
> work with apache2 and unstable.  I did just the default install of apache2 
> and tried to run the test-cgi script and all I got for output was the script 
> itself.  I know I have had this same problem before on unstable but for the 
> life of me I can't figure out what I did to fix it.  The scripts are all 755 
> and nothing shows up in the error logs. I just got the script displaced which 
> tells me that they are not being processed. 
> The /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/default config file has ExecCGI and a 
> scriptalias for the directory but for the life of me I can't get apache to 
> process the cgi scripts.  I'm using the apache2-mpm-prefork package. The the 
> current config is the default from the packages.  If anyone can point me in 
> the correct direction so I can test some simple programs please let me know 
> what I'm over looking.
>
> Greg
>
>
>  
The module for the cgi is not loaded to the server yet.
You need to say

   # a2enmod cgi

then

   # apache2ctl graceful

Now try
   $ lynx http://servername/cgi-bin/printenv

BTW: You should also install apache2-common.