Page not found in cgi-bin directory
I'm not that familiar with apache web server environments, so am at a loss here - I have placed a file called test.php in the site's cgi-bin directory, but when I try to access the page I get a page not found.
http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/test.php
Is this because you can't directly access pages in a cgi-bin directory on Apache? Even if you explicitly point to the page?
http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/test.php
Is this because you can't directly access pages in a cgi-bin directory on Apache? Even if you explicitly point to the page?
ozo
how is your server configured?
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ozo: I can put phpinfo.php on the site and run that to get various details of the web host (it's not my own web server, it's a shared server plan).
Nopius: I understood the first part of your message about how cgi-bin can be an alias so I could never access that page, but the second part of your note lost me. If my FTP can post the file test.php to that cgi-bin directory, shouldn't I be able to run it from the http line in my browser?
Nopius: I understood the first part of your message about how cgi-bin can be an alias so I could never access that page, but the second part of your note lost me. If my FTP can post the file test.php to that cgi-bin directory, shouldn't I be able to run it from the http line in my browser?
> If my FTP can post the file test.php to that cgi-bin directory, shouldn't I be able to run it from the http line in my browser?
In case of server-wide aliased /cgi-bin you can see your folder by FTP, but not via HTTP. There is no way to redefine server-wide alias in .htaccess file (but this can be done for your virtual host in server config file)
You may change directory name to something different, say /cgi and configure your /cgi/.htaccess to allow CGI execution there. It can be done with 'Option +ExecCGI' and 'SetHandler cgi-script'.
Of course you should change all HTML pages that refer to /cgi-bin to point to /cgi
In case of server-wide aliased /cgi-bin you can see your folder by FTP, but not via HTTP. There is no way to redefine server-wide alias in .htaccess file (but this can be done for your virtual host in server config file)
You may change directory name to something different, say /cgi and configure your /cgi/.htaccess to allow CGI execution there. It can be done with 'Option +ExecCGI' and 'SetHandler cgi-script'.
Of course you should change all HTML pages that refer to /cgi-bin to point to /cgi