Re: How to run CGI script using Apache tomcat server?
Hi, I have resolved the issue. On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:21 PM, André Warnier a...@ice-sa.com wrote: Sumankumar Panchal wrote: Hello All, I would like to run CGI script using Apache tomcat server on Linux. I have added following lines in apache/conf/web.xml file.and create directory cgi inside WEB-INF with all necessary file/dir permission. Still I am unable to run CGI script. When you say this, what do you mean ? In terms of being a helpful problem description, I am unable to run CGI script ranks close to it does not work.. What happens when you try to send a request to Tomcat which should run the cgi script ? Can you show the URL used ? What kind of response do you get in the browser ? Do you you see the source code of the cgi script ? do you get some error, and if yes which one ? Did you look at the Tomcat logfiles to see if there are any interesting messages showing why it does not do what you expect ? If you do not understand the log messages, copy/paste them here, for someone to have a look. Since you apparently did not define an executable to run your cgi-bin script, Tomcat assumes that it is perl. Is perl installed on your system ? Is your cgi-bin script a perl script ? Also, by the way, please indicate what version of Tomcat you are running, under which JVM version, and on which platform OS (*). It all saves time in the end, specially for you : the better the information you provide, the sooner you will get a helpful response. Note: a bonus point for having copied your configuration below, but you did not mention where you got these instructions from, or which web.xml file you are talking about. (There is a general/default web.xml in (tomcat-dir)/conf, and another one under each of your webbapps WEB-INF sub-directory.) (*) Ooops, sorry, you did say that. But if it is Linux, then an additional question : did you install Tomcat from the official version on the tomcat website, or did you install a pre-packaged version from the Linux distribution ? can someone suggest me how to configure CGI environment in Apache Tomcat Server? web.xml --- servlet servlet-namecgi/servlet-name servlet-classorg.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet/servlet-class init-param param-namedebug/param-name param-value0/param-value /init-param init-param param-namecgiPathPrefix/param-name param-valueWEB-INF/cgi/param-value /init-param load-on-startup5/load-on-startup /servlet servlet-mapping servlet-namecgi/servlet-name url-pattern/cgi-bin/*/url-pattern /servlet-mapping Regards, Suman - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
Re: How to run CGI script using Apache tomcat server?
Hi, Problem is resolved after replace context to context privileged=true in apache/conf/context.xml file apart from other changes mentioned in my earlier mail. Regards, Suman On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:21 PM, André Warnier a...@ice-sa.com wrote: Sumankumar Panchal wrote: Hello All, I would like to run CGI script using Apache tomcat server on Linux. I have added following lines in apache/conf/web.xml file.and create directory cgi inside WEB-INF with all necessary file/dir permission. Still I am unable to run CGI script. When you say this, what do you mean ? In terms of being a helpful problem description, I am unable to run CGI script ranks close to it does not work.. What happens when you try to send a request to Tomcat which should run the cgi script ? Can you show the URL used ? What kind of response do you get in the browser ? Do you you see the source code of the cgi script ? do you get some error, and if yes which one ? Did you look at the Tomcat logfiles to see if there are any interesting messages showing why it does not do what you expect ? If you do not understand the log messages, copy/paste them here, for someone to have a look. Since you apparently did not define an executable to run your cgi-bin script, Tomcat assumes that it is perl. Is perl installed on your system ? Is your cgi-bin script a perl script ? Also, by the way, please indicate what version of Tomcat you are running, under which JVM version, and on which platform OS (*). It all saves time in the end, specially for you : the better the information you provide, the sooner you will get a helpful response. Note: a bonus point for having copied your configuration below, but you did not mention where you got these instructions from, or which web.xml file you are talking about. (There is a general/default web.xml in (tomcat-dir)/conf, and another one under each of your webbapps WEB-INF sub-directory.) (*) Ooops, sorry, you did say that. But if it is Linux, then an additional question : did you install Tomcat from the official version on the tomcat website, or did you install a pre-packaged version from the Linux distribution ? can someone suggest me how to configure CGI environment in Apache Tomcat Server? web.xml --- servlet servlet-namecgi/servlet-name servlet-classorg.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet/servlet-class init-param param-namedebug/param-name param-value0/param-value /init-param init-param param-namecgiPathPrefix/param-name param-valueWEB-INF/cgi/param-value /init-param load-on-startup5/load-on-startup /servlet servlet-mapping servlet-namecgi/servlet-name url-pattern/cgi-bin/*/url-pattern /servlet-mapping Regards, Suman - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
How to run CGI script using Apache tomcat server?
Hello All, I would like to run CGI script using Apache tomcat server on Linux. I have added following lines in apache/conf/web.xml file.and create directory cgi inside WEB-INF with all necessary file/dir permission. Still I am unable to run CGI script. can someone suggest me how to configure CGI environment in Apache Tomcat Server? web.xml --- servlet servlet-namecgi/servlet-name servlet-classorg.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet/servlet-class init-param param-namedebug/param-name param-value0/param-value /init-param init-param param-namecgiPathPrefix/param-name param-valueWEB-INF/cgi/param-value /init-param load-on-startup5/load-on-startup /servlet servlet-mapping servlet-namecgi/servlet-name url-pattern/cgi-bin/*/url-pattern /servlet-mapping Regards, Suman
Re: How to run CGI script using Apache tomcat server?
Sumankumar Panchal wrote: Hello All, I would like to run CGI script using Apache tomcat server on Linux. I have added following lines in apache/conf/web.xml file.and create directory cgi inside WEB-INF with all necessary file/dir permission. Still I am unable to run CGI script. When you say this, what do you mean ? In terms of being a helpful problem description, I am unable to run CGI script ranks close to it does not work.. What happens when you try to send a request to Tomcat which should run the cgi script ? Can you show the URL used ? What kind of response do you get in the browser ? Do you you see the source code of the cgi script ? do you get some error, and if yes which one ? Did you look at the Tomcat logfiles to see if there are any interesting messages showing why it does not do what you expect ? If you do not understand the log messages, copy/paste them here, for someone to have a look. Since you apparently did not define an executable to run your cgi-bin script, Tomcat assumes that it is perl. Is perl installed on your system ? Is your cgi-bin script a perl script ? Also, by the way, please indicate what version of Tomcat you are running, under which JVM version, and on which platform OS (*). It all saves time in the end, specially for you : the better the information you provide, the sooner you will get a helpful response. Note: a bonus point for having copied your configuration below, but you did not mention where you got these instructions from, or which web.xml file you are talking about. (There is a general/default web.xml in (tomcat-dir)/conf, and another one under each of your webbapps WEB-INF sub-directory.) (*) Ooops, sorry, you did say that. But if it is Linux, then an additional question : did you install Tomcat from the official version on the tomcat website, or did you install a pre-packaged version from the Linux distribution ? can someone suggest me how to configure CGI environment in Apache Tomcat Server? web.xml --- servlet servlet-namecgi/servlet-name servlet-classorg.apache.catalina.servlets.CGIServlet/servlet-class init-param param-namedebug/param-name param-value0/param-value /init-param init-param param-namecgiPathPrefix/param-name param-valueWEB-INF/cgi/param-value /init-param load-on-startup5/load-on-startup /servlet servlet-mapping servlet-namecgi/servlet-name url-pattern/cgi-bin/*/url-pattern /servlet-mapping Regards, Suman - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
