never had to install perl on a windows box but the localhost problems seems like you need to use a hosts file so localhost resolves.
hope this helps Steve On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, rabs wrote: > > Hi All > > Apologies as this is not strictly a perl question, Im trying to install an > apache websever onto a WIN95 system. I have managed to successfully install > it so far as it runs under the the URL http://127.0.0.1/ but will not run > when I type http://localhost. > > I am running Apache 1.3.20, > > Once this oddity is corrected ,I wish to test perl cgi using my localhost. > I > believe that I need to alter the apache config file to run perl, but Im not > sure which parts. I think its the ScriptAlias part, the httpd.conf file is > included as an attatchment, so hopefullly you can see what I have done > wrong, but Ive changed that to where I keep the perl script and I get is > this > > << ------------------------- > > Internal Server Error > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable > to complete your request. > Please contact the server administrator, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and inform > them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that > may have caused the error. > > More information about this error may be available in the server error log. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > ---- > > Apache/1.3.20 Server at localhost Port 80 > > > ------>>> > > Thank you, Steve Maroney -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]