From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T23:56:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting up simple CGI on Ubuntu

On 10/5/06, Trans <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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 according to the apache documentation, AddHandler can be in the
following contexts:  server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess

On the other hand, I'm not sure how you are getting from your document root

   /serve/www/lilwiki/

to

   /home/trans/file/projects/PsyTower/lilwiki/public/

in the absense of any apparent Alias directive or anything else which
would cause Apache to look there.


-- 
Rick DeNatale

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