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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:39:09 +0100
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From: "Boyle Owen" <Owen.Boyle@swx.com>
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Subject: RE: [users@httpd] CGI scripts

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warron French [mailto:wfrench@xtria.com]
> Sent: Mittwoch, 8. Dezember 2004 17:35
> To: Users Apache (E-mail)
> Subject: [users@httpd] CGI scripts
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have 2 servers, let's just label them as ti-dev (for 
> development) and tinet (the production server).  Both are 
> Running Linux, however the production Server is running RH ES 
> Linux 3.0 and the development box is running RH 9.0.  Both 
> have the CGI RPM installed.
> 
> The production server called tinet is running by way of the 
> RPM perl-CGI-2.81-88.7.i386.rpm and the development server 
> (ti-dev) is running with perl-CGI-2.81-88.3.i386.rpm.
> 
> Tinet is running Apache-2.0.52, and ti-dev is running Apache-2.0.40.
> 
> My problem:
> 
> ON ti-dev the following occurs with CGI scripts:
> at a unix shell:    the cgi/perl script produces the HTML coding.
> in the web browser:  the cgi/perl script produces the HTML 
> page as we expect it to look like.
> 
> ON Tinet however, the following occurs with CGI scripts:
> at a unix shell:    the cgi/perl script produces the HTML coding.
> in the web browser:   the actual perl script code shows 
> within the browser.
> 
> 
> 
> Is there a feature or "statement" I forgot to make on the 
> Tinet server that would explain this difference?

Of course. You haven't told apache that requests leading to this
directory should cause the file to be executed rather than printed. See
"ScriptAlias", eg:

ScriptAlias /cgi /path/to/your/cgi/dir

And read: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/howto/cgi.html

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. 
> 
> Thank you all for your assistance in advance, and have a ...
> 
> 
> Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
> Warron French
> Sr. Network Engineer
> Xtria, LLC
> 
> 
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