Not a bug - user error. To access the cgi script, I was using a URL of
the form file:///something.cgi. When I access the script through
Apache (duh!) using a URL of the form http://host_name/cgi-
bin/something.cgi it works as advertised.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New =
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11598223/Dependencies.txt
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Firefox refusing to run cgi scripts on local host
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186714
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Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: firefox
This is Ubuntu 7.04, Firefox 2.0.0.11, Apache2.
When I attempt to run a cgi script from a web page on the local host,
Firefox running on the local host gives me the You have chosen to open
... which is a: CGI script message.
However, from
