Hi all,
I am a self-taught Linux admin, working hard on patching my knowledge
potholes. One of them is Apache/cgi/perl configuration.
I am using Mandrake 8.1 on an Intel machine, that comes pre-installed
with Apache 1.3.
Default configuration file (/etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf) looks as
follows (only the last part that pertains to this issue, I hope :-) ):
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
Directory /var/www/html
#
# This may also be None, All, or any combination of Indexes,
# Includes, FollowSymLinks, ExecCGI, or MultiViews.
#
# Note that MultiViews must be named *explicitly* --- Options All
# doesn't give it to you.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
#
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be All, or any combination of Options,
FileInfo,
# AuthConfig, and Limit
#
AllowOverride All
#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
/Directory
Directory /var/www/perl
AllowOverride All
#Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
/Directory
Directory /var/www/cgi-bin
AllowOverride All
Options Includes ExecCGI
/Directory
Directory /var/www/protected-cgi-bin
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
#allow from .your_domain.com
/Directory
#
# Control access to UserDir directories. The following is an example
# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
#
#Directory /home/*/public_html
#AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
#Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND
#Order allow,deny
#Allow from all
#/Limit
#LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND
#Order deny,allow
#Deny from all
#/LimitExcept
#/Directory
# These settings are pretty flexible, and allow for Frontpage and XSSI
Directory /Users/*/public_html
AllowOverride All
Options MultiViews Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
/Directory
#Directory /Users/*/public_html/cgi-bin
#AllowOverride All
#Options ExecCGI
#SetHandler cgi-script
#/Directory
IfModule mod_perl.c
Directory /Users/*/public_html/cgi-bin
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::PerlRun
Options -Indexes ExecCGI
PerlSendHeader On
/Directory
/IfModule
Directory /var/www/icons
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
/Directory
Directory /usr/share/doc
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
#allow from .your_domain.com
/Directory
Location /index.shtml
Options +Includes
/Location
IfModule mod_perl.c
PerlModule Apache::Registry
#set Apache::Registry Mode for /perl Alias
Location /perl/*.pl
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::Registry
Options -Indexes ExecCGI
PerlSendHeader On
/Location
#set Apache::PerlRun Mode for /cgi-perl Alias
Location /cgi-perl/*.pl
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler Apache::PerlRun
Options -Indexes ExecCGI
PerlSendHeader On
/Location
/IfModule
Now, there are several issues that I am trying to figure out:
My Cgi dirs (both the system one in /var/www/cgi-bin/ and individual
user ones in /home/~username/public_html/cgi-bin/ ) do work if I call a
cgi script directly from an url (i.e. http://foo.com/cgi-bin/bar.cgi).
The problem is when I want to use a cgi script within an html file, no
matter where I store the html file (obviously default preference being
in my user's public_html folder), the --#exec ... -- calls, or any
other call of such type contained within an Html file, is simply
ignored.
I tried fiddling with configuration, but am lacking in-depth knowledge
of all the different settings (I do understand that I do need to have
Options and Includes in the folders where I need to be able to have html
files with embeded cgi calls -- please correct me if I am wrong). Also,
I am not quite sure what is the difference between, for instance
+Includes -Includes, and just simply Includes (my understanding from all
of the doc searching is that the first two add/subtract from the default
settings possibly stored in the folder's .htaccess, while the third one
explicitly adds this functionality?).
Searching over the net for the solution has resulted in a frustratingly
wasted weekend. So, I am hoping that someone would be kind enough to
help me figure this issue out.
Even the calls like:
!--#echo var=DATE_LOCAL --
(not sure if this still falls into the mod_perl category tho)
and
!--#exec cmd=/usr/ucb/finger $REMOTE_USER@$REMOTE_HOST--
(yet another copy/paste thing that I put into my html file to
