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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Jack Andrews <ef...@gmail.com> on 2011/01/13 13:28:32 UTC

[users@httpd] simple newbie

hi guys,

a total newbie question.

i have created a cgi script 'index.cgi' in /var/www:

root@duo:/var/www# ls -l
total 8
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  69 2011-01-13 23:09 index.cgi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177 2011-01-13 22:31 index.html

and i've created a .htaccess:

root@duo:/var/www# cat .htaccess
Options +ExecCGI

then i remove index.html and run:

root@duo:/var/www# wget localhost && cat index.html
--2011-01-13 23:14:51--  http://localhost/
Resolving localhost... ::1, 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|::1|:80... failed: Connection refused.
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 69 [text/plain]
Saving to: `index.html'

100%[======================================>] 69          --.-K/s   in
0s

2011-01-13 23:14:51 (9.21 MB/s) - `index.html' saved [69/69]

#!/bin/bash
cat <<EOF
Content-type: text/html

hi there from cgi
EOF

note that apache has given me the contents of index.cgi,
not the result of running it:

root@duo:/var/www# ./index.cgi
Content-type: text/html

hi there from cgi




here's my (unchanged since install) config:

root@duo:/var/www# cat /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
#
# Based upon the NCSA server configuration files originally by Rob McCool.
#
# This is the main Apache server configuration file.  It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/ for detailed information about
# the directives.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.
#
# The configuration directives are grouped into three basic sections:
#  1. Directives that control the operation of the Apache server process as
a
#     whole (the 'global environment').
#  2. Directives that define the parameters of the 'main' or 'default'
server,
#     which responds to requests that aren't handled by a virtual host.
#     These directives also provide default values for the settings
#     of all virtual hosts.
#  3. Settings for virtual hosts, which allow Web requests to be sent to
#     different IP addresses or hostnames and have them handled by the
#     same Apache server process.
#
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so
"/var/log/apache2/foo.log"
# with ServerRoot set to "" will be interpreted by the
# server as "//var/log/apache2/foo.log".
#

### Section 1: Global Environment
#
# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,
# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it
# can find its configuration files.
#

#
# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# NOTE!  If you intend to place this on an NFS (or otherwise network)
# mounted filesystem then please read the LockFile documentation (available
# at <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.1/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile>);
# you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
#
# Do NOT add a slash at the end of the directory path.
#
ServerRoot "/etc/apache2"

#
# The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.
#
#<IfModule !mpm_winnt.c>
#<IfModule !mpm_netware.c>
LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock
#</IfModule>
#</IfModule>

#
# PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process
# identification number when it starts.
# This needs to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars
#
PidFile ${APACHE_PID_FILE}

#
# Timeout: The number of seconds before receives and sends time out.
#
Timeout 300

#
# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
#
KeepAlive On

#
# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
# during a persistent connection. Set to 0 to allow an unlimited amount.
# We recommend you leave this number high, for maximum performance.
#
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100

#
# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the
# same client on the same connection.
#
KeepAliveTimeout 15

##
## Server-Pool Size Regulation (MPM specific)
##

# prefork MPM
# StartServers: number of server processes to start
# MinSpareServers: minimum number of server processes which are kept spare
# MaxSpareServers: maximum number of server processes which are kept spare
# MaxClients: maximum number of server processes allowed to start
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
<IfModule mpm_prefork_module>
    StartServers          5
    MinSpareServers       5
    MaxSpareServers      10
    MaxClients          150
    MaxRequestsPerChild   0
</IfModule>

# worker MPM
# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start
# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections
# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
<IfModule mpm_worker_module>
    StartServers          2
    MinSpareThreads      25
    MaxSpareThreads      75
    ThreadLimit          64
    ThreadsPerChild      25
    MaxClients          150
    MaxRequestsPerChild   0
</IfModule>

# event MPM
# StartServers: initial number of server processes to start
# MaxClients: maximum number of simultaneous client connections
# MinSpareThreads: minimum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# MaxSpareThreads: maximum number of worker threads which are kept spare
# ThreadsPerChild: constant number of worker threads in each server process
# MaxRequestsPerChild: maximum number of requests a server process serves
<IfModule mpm_event_module>
    StartServers          2
    MaxClients          150
    MinSpareThreads      25
    MaxSpareThreads      75
    ThreadLimit          64
    ThreadsPerChild      25
    MaxRequestsPerChild   0
</IfModule>

# These need to be set in /etc/apache2/envvars
User ${APACHE_RUN_USER}
Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}

#
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for additional configuration directives.  See also the AllowOverride
# directive.
#

AccessFileName .htaccess

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Satisfy all
</Files>

#
# DefaultType is the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/plain


#
# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP addresses
# e.g., www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off).
# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
# had to knowingly turn this feature on, since enabling it means that
# each client request will result in AT LEAST one lookup request to the
# nameserver.
#
HostnameLookups Off

# ErrorLog: The location of the error log file.
# If you do not specify an ErrorLog directive within a <VirtualHost>
# container, error messages relating to that virtual host will be
# logged here.  If you *do* define an error logfile for a <VirtualHost>
# container, that host's errors will be logged there and not here.
#
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log

#
# LogLevel: Control the number of messages logged to the error_log.
# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
#
LogLevel warn

# Include module configuration:
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.conf

# Include all the user configurations:
Include /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

# Include ports listing
Include /etc/apache2/ports.conf

#
# The following directives define some format nicknames for use with
# a CustomLog directive (see below).
# If you are behind a reverse proxy, you might want to change %h into
%{X-Forwarded-For}i
#
LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\"
\"%{User-Agent}i\"" vhost_combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\""
combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O" common
LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent

#
# Define an access log for VirtualHosts that don't define their own logfile
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/other_vhosts_access.log vhost_combined


# Include of directories ignores editors' and dpkg's backup files,
# see README.Debian for details.

# Include generic snippets of statements
Include /etc/apache2/conf.d/

# Include the virtual host configurations:
Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

Re: [users@httpd] simple newbie

Posted by Jack Andrews <ef...@gmail.com>.
hi joost,

thanks for your help.

this works for me now:

--- /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.bak	2011-01-14
01:57:49.482223496 +1100
+++ /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default	2011-01-14 01:59:11.190323876 +1100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		AllowOverride None
 	</Directory>
 	<Directory /var/www/>
-		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
+		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews ExecCGI
 		AllowOverride None
 		Order allow,deny
 		allow from all


ta, jack.

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Re: [users@httpd] simple newbie

Posted by Joost de Heer <jo...@sanguis.xs4all.nl>.
On Thu, January 13, 2011 15:35, Jack Andrews wrote:

> i tried adding:
>
> <Directory /var/www>
>  Options +ExecCGI
>  AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
> </Directory>
>
> to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

[...]

> [Fri Jan 14 01:32:54 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.3] Options
> ExecCGI is off in this directory: /var/www/index.cgi

You probably have a <Directory /var/www> block somewhere else (probably in
a file in the sites_enabled dir) which overrides this block.

Joost

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Re: [users@httpd] simple newbie

Posted by Jack Andrews <ef...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:13 AM, Joost de Heer <jo...@sanguis.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> - Is there a special reason why you want to use .htaccess instead of
> adding the directive to the central configuration?

no, not really...


so i tried adding:

<Directory /var/www>
 Options +ExecCGI
 AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
</Directory>

to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

and

  sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

then when

   wget localhost
--2011-01-14 01:32:09--  http://localhost/
Resolving localhost... ::1, 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|::1|:80... failed: Connection refused.
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
2011-01-14 01:32:09 ERROR 403: Forbidden.

and the log says:

[Fri Jan 14 01:32:54 2011] [error] [client 192.168.1.3] Options
ExecCGI is off in this directory: /var/www/index.cgi


thank you for your patience,


jack.

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Re: [users@httpd] simple newbie

Posted by Joost de Heer <jo...@sanguis.xs4all.nl>.
On Thu, January 13, 2011 13:28, Jack Andrews wrote:
> hi guys,
>
> a total newbie question.
>
> i have created a cgi script 'index.cgi' in /var/www:
>
> root@duo:/var/www# ls -l
> total 8
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  69 2011-01-13 23:09 index.cgi
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 177 2011-01-13 22:31 index.html
>
> and i've created a .htaccess:
>
> root@duo:/var/www# cat .htaccess
> Options +ExecCGI
>
> then i remove index.html and run:
>
> root@duo:/var/www# wget localhost && cat index.html
> --2011-01-13 23:14:51--  http://localhost/
> Resolving localhost... ::1, 127.0.0.1
> Connecting to localhost|::1|:80... failed: Connection refused.
> Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: 69 [text/plain]
> Saving to: `index.html'
>
> 100%[======================================>] 69          --.-K/s   in
> 0s
>
> 2011-01-13 23:14:51 (9.21 MB/s) - `index.html' saved [69/69]
>
> #!/bin/bash
> cat <<EOF
> Content-type: text/html
>
> hi there from cgi
> EOF
>
> note that apache has given me the contents of index.cgi,
> not the result of running it:
>
> root@duo:/var/www# ./index.cgi
> Content-type: text/html
>
> hi there from cgi

- Is there a special reason why you want to use .htaccess instead of
adding the directive to the central configuration?
- Do you have the proper AllowOverride?

Joost

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Re: [users@httpd] simple newbie

Posted by Jack Andrews <ef...@gmail.com>.
hi eric,

thanks for your reply.

i added
  AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
to my .htaccess file, but httpd still returns
the contents of index.cgi (not the result)

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Options +ExecCGI
> >
>
> Requires two directives: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/cgi.html

root@duo:/var/www# ls -la
total 12
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root   38 2011-01-13 23:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 2011-01-13 22:31 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   45 2011-01-13 23:53 .htaccess
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   69 2011-01-13 23:09 index.cgi
root@duo:/var/www# cat .htaccess
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
root@duo:/var/www# wget localhost && cat index.html && rm index.html
--2011-01-13 23:53:54--  http://localhost/
Resolving localhost... ::1, 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|::1|:80... failed: Connection refused.
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 69 [text/plain]
Saving to: `index.html'

100%[======================================>] 69          --.-K/s   in 0s

2011-01-13 23:53:54 (9.18 MB/s) - `index.html' saved [69/69]

#!/bin/bash
cat <<EOF
Content-type: text/html

hi there from cgi
EOF



thanks, jack.

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Re: [users@httpd] simple newbie

Posted by Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com>.
> Options +ExecCGI
>

Requires two directives: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/cgi.html

-- 
Eric Covener
covener@gmail.com

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