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Bryan1810
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 Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 2:29 pm Post subject: web server CGI settings not working |
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Hi
I'm having difficulty getting the Abyss web server X1 to recognize my Perl interpreter (or see my cgi-bin directory or similar problem). I used to use Xitami web server but had caching problems so I moved to Abyss, and also because Abyss get good reviews at www.download.com. The admin interface is VERY user-friendly but I cannot get any of my CGI Perl scripts to run. They are ignored. They are however recognized by my Xitami web server so I'm sure I'm just missing a setting in the Abyss installation. What am I missing though? :o)
I have the following settings:
Server Configuration:
Documents path: C:\wine2u\
Server Configuration > Advanced > CGI parameters:
CGI processing enabled: yes
Resolve interpreter using script's #! line
CGI interpreter: c:/perl/bin/perl.exe (or c:\perl\bin\perl.exe - not sure if it makes a difference)
Associated extensions: pl cgi
CGI Paths:
/cgi-bin/ (my actual cgi-bin is in c:\wine2u\cgi-bin\ so this /cgi-bin/ should pick that up... but doesn't..?)
/ (I did the CGI paths according to the Abyss documentation - not sure why a separate "/" must be entered, I thought /cgi-bin/ would be enough)
I also added index.pl at Server Configuration > Advanced > Server Paramaters, as instructed by your documentation but I'm not sure why index.pl is necessary since I don't use such a filename anywhere.
[I use Windows98 with IE6 and access my site through the localhost/127.0.01 that then loads c:\wine2u\]
Any help will be appreciated.
Regards
Bryan |
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gompie
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| Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Hope you get a good answer, cause I'm having exactly the same problem !! |
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gompie
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| Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Just found it
:D
In the Aliases you have to set the "Real Path" to "c:/wine2u/cgi-bin" and then it should work. If you leave the alias to standard setting then your cgi-bin is in C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\cgi-bin (or wherever you installed the program).
Seems this is not in the docs. |
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aprelium
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| Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| gompie wrote: | Just found it
:D
In the Aliases you have to set the "Real Path" to "c:/wine2u/cgi-bin" and then it should work. If you leave the alias to standard setting then your cgi-bin is in C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\cgi-bin (or wherever you installed the program).
Seems this is not in the docs. |
The docs explain the difference between absolute and relative paths. A relative path is converted to an absolute one using that rule:
Absolute path=Server Root+Relative path
So when you use the /cgi-bin is aliased to cgi-bin and if your Server Root is "c:\program files\abyss web server", the cgi-bin path corresponds to "c:\program files\abyss web server\cgi-bin".
That's why changing the aliases using an absolute path is a solution. You could also change the Server root.
(And this is in the documentation, the differenc ebetween absolute and relative paths is described there.)
By the way, / and \ make no difference in file names.
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Bryan1810
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| Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2002 7:57 am Post subject: |
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Thanks gompie/Aprelium
I added the cgi-bin real path to the alias and now it works.
Bryan |
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