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Re: Perl CGI script
hi binand,
i have done everything that you have suggested and it is not working out ..
finally i uninstalled apache and downloaded an older version and installed
it . now i will see whether it works or not ..!!!
will let you know what happens
thanks .
sachin ..
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Binand Raj S. <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Linux India <linux-india@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 7:23 PM
Subject: Perl CGI script
>
> Hi,
>
> Someone was having a problem with this perl script. After looking through
the
> errors, I would like to make a few suggestions:
>
> 1. The path to perl might be wrong. Do a
>
> which perl
>
> and try putting the correct path here.
>
> 2. The #!/usr/bin/perl line should be the first line in the script. Check
if
> it is so.
>
> 3. httpd runs usually as nobody.nobody. Check if you are a member of group
> nobody. If you are, give r-x permissions to group. If you are not, then
give
> r-x permissions to others.
>
> 4. You should also output the correct HTML tags. A
>
> print "<html><head></head><body>\n";
>
> after the Content-type line should work.
>
> 5. Check if you are allowed to run CGI scripts. Look into
> /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf, and look for lines that looks like
>
> <Directory /path/to/your/dir>
> Options ExecCGI
> </Directory>
>
> In your case, I feel the reason is one of 1, 2 or 3.
>
> Regards,
>
> Binand
>
> #########################Begin Script####################
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
> print "<H3>Hello World</H3>\n";
> #########################End Script####################
>
> >
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- -
> > > [Tue Jul 20 17:07:14 1999] [error] (2)No such file or directory:
> exec of /home/devand/public_html/cgi-bin/missing_handler.cgi failed
> > > [Tue Jul 20 17:07:14 1999] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of
> script headers: /home/devand/public_html/cgi-bin/missing_handler.cgi
>
> --
> main(int c,char **v){while(!fork()){strcpy(v[0],tmpnam(0));sleep(1);}}
> A program that changes its name and pid every second.
> Try this program at your own risk! ---> Binand <---
>
>
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