CGI script doesn't execute correctly on web browser

[adelinewss]

Hi,<br>I had just installed perl5 on my machine.&nbsp;&nbsp;when i try to execute cgi script i.e xxx.cgi on browser, i will see the content of the source code and not the output.&nbsp;&nbsp;My cgi script is stored same directory as my webpage i.e /htdocs/xxx/xxx.cgi.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any advice on this?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><br>Thks with regards,<br>Adeline

 

[goBoating]

your question is a little vague, but, here's a guess....<br>assuming that you have a separate cgi directory and htdocs directory ( you should),<br>your web server should be configured to allow execution of programs in your <i>cgi</i> dir only.&nbsp;&nbsp;Since your code is not in the <i>cgi</i> dir, your web server interprets it as a text file instead of an executable.&nbsp;&nbsp;Try putting it in the cgi dir, and modifying the calling code <br>&lt;Form Action=&quot;&quot; Method&quot;&quot;&gt; to point at the cgi-bin dir.<br><br>

 

[adelinewss]

Hi,<br>I tried to put it inside cgi-bin directory and tried to execute it directly from browser but still get the same result.&nbsp;&nbsp;I configured my server as ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ &quot;/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;and put my cgi script inside /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is this correct?&nbsp;&nbsp;Pls advice.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thks.<br><br><br>Rgds,<br>Adeline

 

[smccrory]

Adeline,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Does the relevant section of your httpd.conf look similar to this..?&nbsp;&nbsp;Meaning, are you also telling Apache to only execute that code and not serve it up as text?&nbsp;&nbsp;Remember to restart httpd if you change the conf file (yea, I know that's dumb, but I forget all the time myself)...<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scott<br><br>#<br># ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts.<br># ScriptAliases are essentially the same as Aliases, except that<br># documents in the realname directory are treated as applications and<br># run by the server when requested rather than as documents sent to the client.<br># The same rules about trailing &quot;/&quot; apply to ScriptAlias directives as to<br># Alias.<br>#<br>ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ &quot;/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/&quot;<br><br>#<br># &quot;/home/httpd/cgi-bin&quot; should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased<br># CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.<br>#<br>&lt;Directory &quot;/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin/&quot;&gt;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AllowOverride None<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Options ExecCGI<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Order allow,deny<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Allow from all<br>&lt;/Directory&gt;<br>