From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T07:45:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting up simple CGI on Ubuntu


TRANS wrote:
> I've done all this numerous times before but, sigh, apparently I'm
> forgetting something. I'm just trying to serve up a straight CGI
> script, nothing fancy.
>
> Running Ubuntu Apache2:
>
> <VirtualHost *>
>    #SetEnv RAILS_ENV development
>    ServerName lilwiki
>    DocumentRoot /serve/www/lilwiki/
>    ErrorLog /home/trans/file/projects/PsyTower/lilwiki/log/apache.log
>
>    <Directory /home/trans/file/projects/PsyTower/lilwiki/public/>
>       Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks
>       AddHandler cgi-script .rbx
>       AllowOverride all
>       Order allow,deny
>       Allow from all
>    </Directory>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> By all accounts (I just spent the last 40 minutes seaching the web and
> mailing-list) the above should be all I need. But all it does is serve
> up .rbx files as plain text --it doesn't execute them. What am I missing?

It's always some stupid little thing:

       AddHandler cgi-script .rbx

Needs to be in the VirtualHost body, not the Directory body. Lovely, no
warnings, no errors. nothing. Just doesn't work. Five hours wasted on
dribble. Yep that's about par for Me and Apache configuration. Ergh...

Well, at least this post might save someone else the headache in the
future.

Over and out,
T.