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Subject: Problem running Perl scripts with mod_perl from Alias directory
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:49:47 -0500
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From: "Billeb, Andrew (ATS, IT)" <Andrew.Billeb@thehartford.com>
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Hello mod_perl Gurus,

I'm not sure if this is a mod_perl issue or just an Apache configuration
issue.  Please redirect me if appropriate.

My Configuration:
Apache/2.2.8 (Win32)
Perl: v5.8.8
mod_perl 2.0
I have also followed all the directions through the Registry Scripts
section at: http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/os/win32/config.html

Here's The Problem
I have several Perl scripts and a module in C:/Apache2/cgi-bin/ridhwan/.
Each script has a submit button that will display a new page. All my
scripts work fine when accessed from this type of URL:=20

	http://localhost/cgi-bin/ridhwan/script_name.pl=20

I would like to use mod_perl to handle these scripts.  So, rather than
set up a new directory on the filesystem, I have put the following in
the httpd.conf file.  Note that it is supposed to remove the /cgi-bin/
part of the path:=20
=20
Alias /ridhwan/ "C:/Apache2/cgi-bin/ridhwan/"=20
<Location /ridhwan>=20
   SetHandler perl-script=20
   PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry=20
   Options +ExecCGI=20
   PerlOptions +ParseHeaders=20
</Location>=20

The result is that when I click on a URL like the following (i.e.
missing the the /cgi-bin/):=20

	http://localhost/ridhwan/script_name.pl=20

the script displays fine....but clicking the submit button doesn't do
anything....it just redisplays the same page. But it's the *same script*
as in the first link.  It's just being accessed through the alias. So, I
don't understand why it doesn't work.

Any idea what's wrong?

Thanks,
Andrew


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<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hello mod_perl Gurus,=
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<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I'm not sure if this =
is a mod_perl issue or just an Apache configuration issue.&nbsp; Please red=
irect me if appropriate.</FONT></SPAN>
</P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">My Configuration:<=
/FONT></B></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Apache/2.2.8 (Win32)=
</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Perl:</FONT> <FONT S=
IZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">v5.8.8</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">mod_perl 2.0</FONT><=
/SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I have also followed=
 all the directions through the Registry Scripts section at: </FONT></SPAN>=
<A HREF=3D"http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/os/win32/config.html"><SPAN LANG=
=3D"en-us"><U><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">http://perl.a=
pache.org/docs/2.0/os/win32/config.html</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG=3D"=
en-us"></SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><B><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Here's The Problem=
</FONT></B></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I have several Perl =
scripts and a module in C:/Apache2/cgi-bin/ridhwan/. Each script has a subm=
it button that will display a new page. All my scripts work fine when acces=
sed</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">from this type of URL</FONT><FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">: </FONT></SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><=
A HREF=3D"http://localhost/cgi-bin/ridhwan/script_name.pl"><SPAN LANG=3D"en=
-us"><U><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">http://localhost/cg=
i-bin/ridhwan/script_name.pl</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FON=
T SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> </FONT></SPAN>
</P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I would like to</FONT=
> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">use mod_perl to handle these scripts.&nbsp;=
 So, rather than set up a new directory on the filesystem, I have</FONT> <F=
ONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">put the following in the httpd.conf file</FONT>=
<FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">.&nbsp; Note that it is supposed to remove th=
e /cgi-bin/ part of the path</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">: </FONT><=
/SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Alias /ridhwan/ &quo=
t;C:/Apache2/cgi-bin/ridhwan/&quot; </FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&lt;Location /ridhwa=
n&gt; </FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; SetHand=
ler perl-script </FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; PerlRes=
ponseHandler ModPerl::Registry </FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; Options=
 +ExecCGI </FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; PerlOpt=
ions +ParseHeaders </FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&lt;/Location&gt; </=
FONT></SPAN>
</P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">The result is that wh=
en I click on</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> a URL like the following=
 (i.e. missing the the /cgi-bin/)</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">: </F=
ONT></SPAN>
</P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><=
A HREF=3D"http://localhost/ridhwan/script_name.pl"><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><U>=
<FONT COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">http://localhost/ridhwan/sc=
ript_name.pl</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=
=3D"Arial"> </FONT></SPAN>
</P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">the script displays f=
ine</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&#8230;.</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=
=3D"Arial">but clicking the submit button doesn't do anything....it just re=
displays the same page. But it's the *same script* as in the first link.</F=
ONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">&nbsp; It's just being</FONT> <FONT SIZE=
=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">accessed through the alias.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=
=3D"Arial">So, I don't understand why it doesn't work.</FONT></SPAN></P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Any idea what's wrong=
</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">?</FONT></SPAN>
</P>

<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks,</FONT></SPAN>

<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Andrew</FONT></SPAN>
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