Perl/cgi problem

and you have chmod the files to

755?

and you are running them with full path
or

../myscript.pl

 

yes - i know the permissions are right cause when i type in /usr/bin/perl <filename.pl> it works - it's just when i try to run the script <filename.pl> that it doesn't work.  Am I suppose to setup something in Apache to look for cgi/.pl scripts????


tommyt

Apache doesn't come in to play when you run a Perl script from the command-line (unless the script is calling it of course).  When you are in the directory that contains the script, try

../filename.pl

Who is the script owned by?  Who does httpd run as?  What are the permissions on all the directories down to the one with the script?

try su'ing to the apache user, and running the script using the full path to the script...

I thought HalldorG had typed two periods, but I see experts-exchange (!) replaced my one period with two as well.  It should be

single period/filename.pl

a script doesn't need to be executable to be run using:

/usr/bin/perl script.pl

as you are only passing the script as an argument to the executable 'perl'.

What has apache got to do with this, are you trying to set up a cgi perl script - if you are you need to set up cgi in the httpd.conf and the access.conf.

Finally, make sure your script is in you r PATH var or it won't execute unless you type in a full or relatice path to it.

i found that it's easier to tell apache to run as a specific user that you create and then make that user the owner of the scripts

'bad command'?  What's the exact error message?