> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jimi Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 3:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Probably a really stupid question
>
>
> Problem - all files ending in the .pl extension display
> source code rather than
> being executed. In addition to not seeing the .pl's as
> executable I get this
> message when I try to start apache -
>
> callmaster% apachectl start
> Syntax error on line 793 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
> Invalid command 'PerlHandler', perhaps mis-spelled or defined
> by a module not
> included in the server configuration
> apachectl start: httpd could not be started
>
> So then I change the LoadModule to
>
> LoadModule perl_module libexec/libperl.so
>
> which then generates this error message -
>
> callmaster% apachectl start
> Syntax error on line 203 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
> Invalid command 'LoadModule', perhaps mis-spelled or defined
> by a module not
> included in the server configuration
> apachectl start: httpd could not be started
sounds like you don't have mod_so compiled in....
./httpd -l
should show mod_so.c, which is what controls the LoadModule directive...
HTH
--Geoff
>
> This would seem to indicate that mod_perl did not install
> correctly. However,
> mod_perl states that it has installed.
> When I go to check the apache/libexec, it is empty - no
> mod-perl. I don't
> understand why this isn't building properly.
>
> Any insight would be helpful.......
>
> I've always done this via the RPM in Red Hat and this is on a
> Sparc Solaris 2.6
> box so maybe someone can give me a hand and tell me what I've
> missed. I've
> attached the httpd.conf file and it appears to be correct,
> but it errors out (see
> above)
>
>
> Jimi Thompson
>
>
>
