Running Perl in apache

You need to indicate in the apache configuration files that the files that you are looking at are in fact, cgi scripts.  There a few steps for this:

1. If you have DSO (dynamic Share object) support enabled, there should be lines that look like this in the httpd.conf file:

LoadModule cgi_module         libexec/mod_cgi.so

...

AddModule mod_cgi.c

2.  For the directory that allows CGI scripts, you should have the ExecCGI option enabled, which will look something like:

<Directory /full/path/to/cgi/directory>
Options ExecCGI
order allow, deny
allow from all
</Directory>

3. Within your virtualhost statement, you should have a 'ScriptAlias' statement that looks like:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /full/path/to/cgi/directory/

(with the trailing slash).

4. You need to indicate to the server that certain file extensions need to be handled by the CGI handler with a statement like this:

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

... if you need to make any adjustments to add these items, you'll need to restart your Apache server.

I have done all that. This is the error I am getting

httpd failed. The error was: Starting httpd: httpd: Could not determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName
[FAILED]

Thanks

Do you have a ServerName statement for the virtual host?  Can you post your virtualhost section here?

I have added a servername since I posted that. I think the probelm is my IP address, I don't know it and in turn it is not regocnizing my machine. How do I get my IP, I was told ifconfig -a but My machine says commmand not found.

The error I am getting now is httpd failed. The error was: Starting httpd: [FAILED]

I think it has something to do with not having proper IP address.

you could simply use 'ping' to ping somewhere else, like ebay:

ping ebay.com

It will say something like:

PING ebay.com (66.135.192.87) from <youripaddress>: 56(84) bytes of data.

where <youripaddress> is your computer.

That doesn't give my address, just the server that I ping.

Ok, I found my IP address and now it all works. The problem is I've killed my internet access (Currently using windows) If you have any idea how I did that and how I can fix it I would be very greatful. Thanks for helping with the other stuff though.

Paul

When I wrote (currently using windows) I mean I am using windows as I killed my internet access on Linux.

I understand what you mean - you're posting from a different computer because your linux box currently cannot access the internet.

do you have a file called /etc/sysconfig/network?  In there, it should say:

NETWORKING=yes

as well as give the gateway address and device...

Also, look at /etc/resolv.conf - it should give the name servers that you are using to resolve external domain names.