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Apache offers to download the perl script rather than execute it!

Hi

I am sure this is an age old problem, and one I have had before, but I
cannot find how to solve it.

My set up from error_log:

[Tue Nov 20 14:07:53 2007] [notice] Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) PHP/5.2.1
mod_perl/2.0.3 Perl/v5.8.5 configured -- resuming normal operations

In httpd.conf:

    PerlModule ModPerl::Registry
    Alias /perl /usr/local/apache2/perl-bin/
    <Location /perl>
        SetHandler perl-script
        PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
        PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
	Options +ExecCGI
	Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Location>

I have /use/local/apache2/perl-bin/ as so:

drwxrwxr-x   2 apachebi molbiol 4096 Nov 20 14:08 perl-bin

Apachebi and molbiol being the user and group that httpd is running as.

I have /usr/local/apache2/perl-bin/rock.pl as so:

-rwxrwxr-x  1 apachebi molbiol 84 Nov 20 14:02 rock.pl

When I go to http://localhost/perl/rock.pl, Internet Explorer asks me if
I want to download or open the file.

Help?

Thanks
Mick

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Re: Apache offers to download the perl script rather than execute it!

Posted by "Roberto C. Sánchez" <ro...@connexer.com>.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 02:22:32PM -0000, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:
> 
> When I go to http://localhost/perl/rock.pl, Internet Explorer asks me if
> I want to download or open the file.
> 
> Help?
> 
Umm, what do the error and access logs say?

Regards,

-Roberto

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Re: Apache offers to download the perl script rather than execute it!

Posted by Jonathan Vanasco <jv...@2xlp.com>.
What does it download?

> print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
> print "Mod Perl 2 Rocks\n";

or

Mod Perl 2 Rocks

?

RE: Apache offers to download the perl script rather than execute it!

Posted by "michael watson (IAH-C)" <mi...@bbsrc.ac.uk>.
Hi

Test.pl works fine:

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Perl works\n"; 

Rock.pl it tries to download:

print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
print "Mod Perl 2 Rocks\n";

Both have same permissions:

-rwxrwxr-x  1 apachebi molbiol  65 Nov 20 14:47 rock.pl
-rwxrwxr-x  1 apachebi molbiol  59 Nov 20 14:47 test.pl

So I can't send text/plain using mod_perl?  That doesn't sound right....

Mick

-----Original Message-----
From: Tobias Regneri [mailto:tobias.regneri@gmail.com] 
Sent: 20 November 2007 14:37
To: michael watson (IAH-C)
Cc: modperl@perl.apache.org
Subject: Re: Apache offers to download the perl script rather than
execute it!

Hi,

>         SetHandler perl-script

I think it's only a missing file type

SetHandler perl-script .pl

Hth,

Tobias

Re: Apache offers to download the perl script rather than execute it!

Posted by "Roberto C. Sánchez" <ro...@connexer.com>.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 03:36:55PM +0100, Tobias Regneri wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >         SetHandler perl-script
> 
> I think it's only a missing file type
> 
> SetHandler perl-script .pl
> 
Actually, since he specified it inside of a Location block, it will
apply the handler to everything in that location.  The extension is only
necessary if you want it to apply to only items with that extension.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Re: Apache offers to download the perl script rather than execute it!

Posted by Tobias Regneri <to...@gmail.com>.
Hi,

>         SetHandler perl-script

I think it's only a missing file type

SetHandler perl-script .pl

Hth,

Tobias