Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On Saturday 10 March 2012 10:50:14 pm David Christensen wrote: > On 03/10/2012 05:03 PM, Mark Neidorff wrote: > > You misunderstand CGI. It is a way that a script that generates a web > > page can have that page displayed in a browser window. CGI is internal > > to the web browser. You use a language like perl or whatever to > > generate the script that the web server picks up and processes. > > Sentence 3 is incorrect. Sentences 2 and 4 are close. Please see: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface > > > HTH, > > David Right you are. I meant "web server" in sentence #2. Also, by internal, I meant that it can be added into or enabled in the server. wikipedia.org is always my friend. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201203111023.22831.m...@neidorff.com
Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On 03/10/2012 05:03 PM, Mark Neidorff wrote: You misunderstand CGI. It is a way that a script that generates a web page can have that page displayed in a browser window. CGI is internal to the web browser. You use a language like perl or whatever to generate the script that the web server picks up and processes. Sentence 3 is incorrect. Sentences 2 and 4 are close. Please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface HTH, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f5c20f6.2060...@holgerdanske.com
Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On Wednesday 07 March 2012 11:53:02 pm lina wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know how to run .cgi in debian (or iceweasle) > > I put it in > > :/var/www/try$ ls -l > > total 4 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 212 Mar 8 12:29 hello.cgi > > Thanks for any suggestions, > > Best regards, You misunderstand CGI. It is a way that a script that generates a web page can have that page displayed in a browser window. CGI is internal to the web browser. You use a language like perl or whatever to generate the script that the web server picks up and processes. Better regards, Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201203102003.46923.m...@neidorff.com
Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On 03/07/2012 11:47 PM, lina wrote: Do you use podwebserver? I use Apache: 2012-03-09 21:53:39 dpchrist@p43400e ~ $ sudo apache2 -v Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) Server built: Feb 5 2012 21:02:00 David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f5aecbf.4010...@holgerdanske.com
Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On 03/07/2012 09:58 PM, lina wrote: # df -h /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda915G 7.2G 7.0G 51% /usr is the /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ big enough if keep those scripts there, or better use some links? 7.0 GB = 7.5 billion bytes (7.5E+09), which is far more space than you should ever need for CGI scripts and related files, libraries, programming languages, etc.. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f5ae0a0.40...@holgerdanske.com
Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:13 PM, David Christensen wrote: > On 03/07/2012 08:53 PM, lina wrote: >> >> I don't know how to run .cgi in debian (or iceweasle) > > > Start here: > > http://wiki.debian.org/Apache > > > To install Apache, run the following command (as root): > > # apt-get install apache2 > > > The file system location for CGI scripts is set in the Apache default site > configuration file: > > # grep -r cgi-bin /etc/apache2/sites-available/default > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ > > > > Place a script into the /usr/lib/cgi-bin directory: > > # vi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl > > # cat /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl > #!/usr/bin/perl > use strict; > use warnings; > print "Content-Type: text/plain\n\nhello, world!"; > exit 0; > > > Make it executable: > > # chmod +x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl > > > Check the syntax: > > # perl -c /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl > /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl syntax OK > > > Run the script in your shell: > > # perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl > Content-Type: text/plain > > hello, world! > > > Browse the script: > > http://localhost/cgi-bin/hello.pl > > hello, world! > > > HTH, It works, thanks again for your help. Well, a little concern, # df -h /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda915G 7.2G 7.0G 51% /usr is the /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ big enough if keep those scripts there, or better use some links? > > David > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f584009.7090...@holgerdanske.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAG9cJm=g+afqp03sy97i7qp41z0g2avnygwj93x1hscv_tp...@mail.gmail.com
Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On 03/07/2012 08:53 PM, lina wrote: I don't know how to run .cgi in debian (or iceweasle) Start here: http://wiki.debian.org/Apache To install Apache, run the following command (as root): # apt-get install apache2 The file system location for CGI scripts is set in the Apache default site configuration file: # grep -r cgi-bin /etc/apache2/sites-available/default ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ Place a script into the /usr/lib/cgi-bin directory: # vi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl # cat /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; print "Content-Type: text/plain\n\nhello, world!"; exit 0; Make it executable: # chmod +x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl Check the syntax: # perl -c /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl syntax OK Run the script in your shell: # perl /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.pl Content-Type: text/plain hello, world! Browse the script: http://localhost/cgi-bin/hello.pl hello, world! HTH, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f584009.7090...@holgerdanske.com
Re: [1/8OT] How to open .cgi
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 20:53, lina wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know how to run .cgi in debian (or iceweasle) > > I put it in > > :/var/www/try$ ls -l > total 4 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 212 Mar 8 12:29 hello.cgi > Do you have a web server with a cgi interface setup (e.g. Apache with mod_cgi)? Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=_sjH2djf5RxVaZiDBCTUdgRZp2L0Lb=zixn+8jruc...@mail.gmail.com
[1/8OT] How to open .cgi
Hi, I don't know how to run .cgi in debian (or iceweasle) I put it in :/var/www/try$ ls -l total 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 212 Mar 8 12:29 hello.cgi Thanks for any suggestions, Best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cag9cjmk-awsqp8ap76u2vciwhkfmbqasmhk816otzr7hzom...@mail.gmail.com
