newbie needs help with cgi-bin/perl scripts

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February 8th, 2001, 03:38 PM

pkapakos

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I'm new to Apache and CGI and am having trouble getting my perl/cgi scripts to run.

I have installed Apache on Linux, and have started the httpd, but when I try to call a cgi script from a web page the browser gives me the following message:

Forbidden

You do not have permission to access /cgi-bin/test.cgi

The test script is executable, and is in the cgi-bin...also the path to the cgi-bin has been specified in http.conf under Script Alias.

What am I doing wrong?

February 9th, 2001, 03:21 AM

Matt M

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You have to set up the permissions on the cgi directory so anybody can execute them. ie. chmod 755 *.cgi

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