Problem with cgi-bin directory

Question

I want to execute cgi files from /var/www/html/cgi-bin and /var/www/html/s1/cgi-bin. I currently have this in my httpd.conf

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/var/www/html/cgi-bin/"

#
# "/var/www/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Cgi files in /var/www/html/cgi-bin work perfectly but when I try to execute /var/www/html/s1/cgi-bin/test.cgi, I get errors saying I can't execute a directory /var/www/cgi-bin and that /var/www/cgi-bin/test.cgi does not exist.

How can I fix this problem?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '11 at 00:03

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Make sure the ScriptAlias place is in the "mod_alias" directives. (tags).

<IfModule alias_module>
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/xampp/cgi-bin/"
</IfModule>

Edit: Of course use linux folder systems and not "C:/" etc.

answered Sep 05 '11 at 00:03

U4iK_HaZe

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When I first installed httpd, the mod_alias directives were not there – Matthew Hui Sep 05 '11 at 00:34
So add them. It should fix your problem. – U4iK_HaZe Sep 05 '11 at 01:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '11 at 02:57

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Got it working by adding to httpd.conf

<Directory "/var/www/html/s1/cgi-bin">
    Options +ExecCGI -Indexes
    AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
</Directory>

answered Sep 05 '11 at 02:57

Matthew Hui

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Ah, okay. Close enough. But that makes sense. Good luck to you. – U4iK_HaZe Sep 05 '11 at 07:03

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