cgi problem

mattx posted this at 00:06 — 10th September 2005.

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Joined: Sep 2005

I'm having some problems getting apache to allow me to run cgi scripts (.pl and .cgi) in any other directory except cgi-bin.

I have set up my apache.config file as follows, im using 2.054.

### /etc/apache2/conf/apache2.conf
### $Id: apache2.conf,v 1.1 2004/03/22 21:17:57 stuart Exp $
###
### Main Configuration Section
### You really shouldn't change these settings unless you're a guru
###
ServerRoot /usr/lib/apache2
#ServerName localhost
#LockFile /etc/apache2/apache2.lock
PidFile /var/run/apache2.pid
ErrorLog logs/error_log
LogLevel warn
DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs

<Directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/>
    Options ExecCGI
    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .py .pl
</Directory>

### Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
### 
### You should always leave these three, as they are needed for normal use.
### mod_access (Order, Allow, etc..)
### mod_log_config (Transferlog, etc..)
### mod_mime (AddType, etc...)
###
LoadModule access_module                 modules/mod_access.so
LoadModule auth_module                   modules/mod_auth.so
LoadModule auth_anon_module              modules/mod_auth_anon.so
LoadModule auth_dbm_module               modules/mod_auth_dbm.so
LoadModule auth_digest_module            modules/mod_auth_digest.so
LoadModule include_module                modules/mod_include.so
LoadModule log_config_module             modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule env_module                    modules/mod_env.so
LoadModule mime_magic_module             modules/mod_mime_magic.so
LoadModule cern_meta_module              modules/mod_cern_meta.so
LoadModule expires_module                modules/mod_expires.so
LoadModule headers_module                modules/mod_headers.so
LoadModule usertrack_module              modules/mod_usertrack.so
LoadModule unique_id_module              modules/mod_unique_id.so
LoadModule setenvif_module               modules/mod_setenvif.so
LoadModule proxy_module                  modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_connect_module          modules/mod_proxy_connect.so
LoadModule proxy_ftp_module              modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so
LoadModule proxy_http_module          modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule mime_module                   modules/mod_mime.so
LoadModule status_module                 modules/mod_status.so
LoadModule autoindex_module              modules/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule asis_module                   modules/mod_asis.so


LoadModule info_module                   modules/mod_info.so
LoadModule cgi_module                    modules/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule cgid_module                   modules/mod_cgid.so
LoadModule vhost_alias_module          modules/mod_vhost_alias.so
LoadModule negotiation_module            modules/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule dir_module                    modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule imap_module                   modules/mod_imap.so
LoadModule actions_module                modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule speling_module                modules/mod_speling.so
LoadModule userdir_module                modules/mod_userdir.so
LoadModule alias_module                  modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule rewrite_module                modules/mod_rewrite.so

###
### New Modules for 2.0 (some are experimental)
###
LoadModule file_cache_module             modules/mod_file_cache.so
LoadModule echo_module                   modules/mod_echo.so
LoadModule charset_lite_module           modules/mod_charset_lite.so
LoadModule cache_module                  modules/mod_cache.so
LoadModule disk_cache_module             modules/mod_disk_cache.so
LoadModule mem_cache_module              modules/mod_mem_cache.so
LoadModule ext_filter_module             modules/mod_ext_filter.so
LoadModule case_filter_module            modules/mod_case_filter.so
LoadModule case_filter_in_module         modules/mod_case_filter_in.so
LoadModule deflate_module                modules/mod_deflate.so
#LoadModule optional_hook_export_module   modules/mod_optional_hook_export.so
#LoadModule optional_hook_import_module   modules/mod_optional_hook_import.so
#LoadModule optional_fn_import_module     modules/mod_optional_fn_import.so
#LoadModule optional_fn_export_module     modules/mod_optional_fn_export.so
#LoadModule bucketeer_module              modules/mod_bucketeer.so
LoadModule logio_module                  modules/mod_logio.so

###
### Global Configuration
###
# Splitting up apache2.conf into two files makes it easier to support
# multiple configurations on the same serer.  In commonapache2.conf
# you keep directives that apply to all implementations and in this
# file you keep server-specific directives.  While we don't yet have
# multiple configurations out-of-the-box, this allows us to do that
# in the future easily.  (PERLPROXIED *ahem*)
#
# For Apache2 we load all conf files in conf/modules.d
Include conf/modules.d/*.conf
Include conf/commonapache2.conf

###
### IP Address/Port
###
#BindAddress *
Listen 80

###
### Log configuration Section
###
<IfModule mod_log_config.c>
#Single logfile with access, agent and referer information
#This is the default, if vlogs are not defined for the main server
CustomLog logs/access_log combined env=!VLOG
#If VLOG is defined in conf/vhosts/vhosts.conf, we use this entry
#CustomLog "|/usr/sbin/apache2splitlogfile" vhost env=VLOG
</IfModule>

###
### Virtual Hosts 
###
# We include different templates for Virtual Hosting. Have a look in the 
# vhosts directory and modify to suit your needs.
#Include conf/vhosts/vhosts.conf
#Include conf/vhosts/dynamic-vhosts.conf
#Include conf/vhosts/virtual-homepages.conf

###
### Performance settings Section
###
#
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
#
Timeout 300

#
# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
#
KeepAlive On

#
# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.
# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.
#
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

#
# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the
# same client on the same connection.
#
KeepAliveTimeout 15

# prefork MPM [THIS IS THE DEFAULT]
# StartServers: number of server processes to start
# MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare
# MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare
# MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
<IfModule prefork.c>
StartServers         5
MinSpareServers      5
MaxSpareServers     10
MaxClients         150
MaxRequestsPerChild  0
</IfModule>

# worker MPM
# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start
# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections
# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
<IfModule worker.c>
StartServers         2
MaxClients         150
MinSpareThreads     25
MaxSpareThreads     75
ThreadsPerChild     25
MaxRequestsPerChild  0
</IfModule>

# perchild MPM
# NumServers: constant number of server processes
# StartThreads: initial number of worker threads in each server process
# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# MaxThreadsPerChild: maximum number of worker threads in each server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of connections per server process
<IfModule perchild.c>
NumServers           5
StartThreads         5
MinSpareThreads      5
MaxSpareThreads     10
MaxThreadsPerChild  20
MaxRequestsPerChild  0
</IfModule>

mairving posted this at 01:03 — 10th September 2005.

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Joined: Feb 2001

More than likely it is not an apache problem but a permission problem. Have you chmod'd the files correctly according to the documentation for the cgi script?

Mark Irving
I have a mind like a steel trap; it is rusty and illegal in 47 states

mattx posted this at 06:03 — 10th September 2005.

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Joined: Sep 2005

yes all the files have the correct permissions, they are using the same ones that are being used in the cgi-bin directory, where they work fine.

yet im still getting

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /index.pl on this server.

mattx posted this at 07:05 — 10th September 2005.

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Joined: Sep 2005

here is some more information about the problem.

I get the error when I visit the page,

Quote:
Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /index.cgi on this server.
Apache/2.0.54 (Gentoo/Linux) Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 80

and in the apache error log,

Quote:
Options ExecCGI is off in this directory: /var/www/localhost/htdocs/index.cgi

I have set the permissions correctly (or atleast think I have)

Quote:
bash-2.05b$ ls -l
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 9 19:54 cgi-bin
drwxrwxr-x 13 root wheel 4096 Sep 9 19:54 htdocs