I found that option and added the last two options to it
MultiViews ExecCGI
it made a differance, i no longer get the original error i get a:-
The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
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Please try the following:
If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Open the localhost home page, and then look for links to the information you want.
Click the Back button to try another link.
Click Search to look for information on the Internet.
HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Explorer
the code im using is as follows
Can anybody please help im not sure if i ahve moded my httpd.conf file correctly or not?
******************file 1***************
<html>
<head>
<title>Cookie Monster</title>
</head>
<body>
<h3>Who is your favorite Sesame Street character?</h3>
<form method="get" action="/store_cookie.cgi">
<p><input type="text" name="Monster"></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Vote Now"></p>
</form>
</body>
</html>
******************file 2********************
#!/Perl/bin/perl
use strict;
use CGI;
use CGI::Cookie;
my $cgi = new CGI;
print
$cgi->header( -cookie => new CGI::Cookie(-name => 'Monster',
-value => $cgi->param('Monster'),
-expires => '+3d',
-domain => 'inconnu.isu.edu'
)
) .
$cgi->start_html('Cookie Monster Catcher') .
$cgi->h3("I'm sending your browser a cookie right now to: " .
$cgi->param('Monster')) .
$cgi->p('<a href="look_at_cookie.cgi">Click here to read your cookie</a>') .
$cgi->end_html();
exit (0);
******************file 3***************
#!/Perl/bin/perl
use strict;
use CGI;
my $cgi = new CGI;
print
$cgi->header() .
$cgi->start_html('Cookie Monster Reader') .
$cgi->h3("I see your cookie is: " . $cgi->cookie('Monster')) .
$cgi->p('<a href="
.
'Click here to return to the tutorial</a>') .
$cgi->end_html();
exit (0);