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@pplejaxkz · Apr 30, 2008, 09:13 PM

I am currently in a Perl&CGI class at school and I am in need to run these scripts via Apache on my Macbook. I went through the following tutorials by O'Reilly, Part 1 , Part 2. Now when I write a simple cgi script:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/plain\n\nHet werkt!\n";

*Not all one line*
Then change it's permissions via terminal "chmod 755." I then go to my Macbooks URL and locate the file it just prints out the code. It should display "het werkt!" I am completely stumped as to what I am doing wrong. Everything seems to be connecting ok.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

larkost · Apr 30, 2008, 09:39 PM

I assume that you are putting this in the document root? You have to put it in the cgi-bin (CGI-Executables locally) directory.

@pplejaxkz · Apr 30, 2008, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by larkost

I assume that you are putting this in the document root? You have to put it in the cgi-bin (CGI-Executables locally) directory.

There was a spot in the second part that said if I uncomment the line:

Code:
# AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

in my httpd.conf file, I could run a CGI script from anywhere. But even when the script is in the CGI-Executables folder it still just displays the code instead of interpreting it. Thanks

Chuckit · Apr 30, 2008, 11:07 PM

Just to check: The file is named <something>.cgi, right?

@pplejaxkz · Apr 30, 2008, 11:35 PM

It's saying I do not have permission to open the file now, even after "chmod 755". Yes it is a .cgi extension. I also tried the .pl extension and it just writes the code out, instead of interpreting. Thanks!