Re: [users@httpd] Received 404 not found error on existing CGI script

[Mike Rumph <mr...@gmail.com>]

Try the following link for basic info on using CGI with Apache httpd:
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/howto/cgi.html

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 1:03 AM angel Hall-Coulston
<ra...@me.com.invalid> wrote:

> Hi,
> Check your config file with the command 'httpd -V' but speaking from a
> 'Mac users' perspective it’s usually found here:
> /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
> About 3/4 down you’ll find log formats etc and several suggested log
> levels. You can change back after you have solved the issue because 'debug'
> can/will fill your log files up pretty quickly with the extra info.
> Angel Hall-Coulston
> Scotland.
>
> On 25 Jun 2020, at 19:58, barry kimelman <pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I solved the not being able to run a Perl CGI
> script issue. I now have several of my old Perl CGI scripts up and running.
>
> Now one of my other CGI scripts is failing badly. The mysql error log does
> not show anything useful. All I see on my screen is a '500 internal server
> error'. I checked the syntax of my perl script and it is ok.
>
> Your message stated that setting "my log file level to debug" was a good
> debugging idea. I have been trying to figure out how to accomplish this
> task with no success. Which config file do I need to change and what
> specific change do I need to make to the config file ?
>
> Thanks/
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:15 AM angel Hall-Coulston <
> rammsteinium@me.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Try setting your log file level to debug, you will get far more
>> information. Also at the end of the 'log format' code in your configuration
>> file (easy double check by command 'httpd -V' which will double check your
>> conf file) add '%L' which when added to both access_log file formats AND
>> error_log formats will give matches between the two easily found with the
>> 'grep' command 'grep
>> "[long-scrambled-unique-characters-for-that-particular-error] '*_log' .
>> Make sure you first are in the log directory.
>>
>> Another helpful tip… your apache comes with it’s VERY OWN manual pages
>> which when enabled in your 'includes' section of your config file, will
>> allow you to access MUCH quicker than going online, where you will find
>> everything you need to know.
>>
>> Angel Hall-Coulston
>> Scotland.
>>
>> On 24 Jun 2020, at 00:35, barry kimelman <pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> my system is an ubuntu 20.04 lts laptop.
>>
>> I successfully installed apache2. I verified the installation by visiting
>>  http://localhost:80 <http://localhost/>
>>
>> Now I am having problems trying to run a Perl CGI script which I had
>> running under Windows 10 on  Apache 2.4
>>
>> I modified the sites-enabled/000-default.conf file by removing the '#'
>> from the start of the "Include conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf" line. I
>> then created the /usr/lib/cgi-bin directory. I next put a small Perl CGI
>> script named "printenv.cgi" under /usr/lib/cgi-bin. I then restarted the
>> apache2 server. When I attempted to run my newly created CGI script gy
>> visiting localhost:80/cgi-bin/printenv.cgi
>> <http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv.cgi> all that happened was I received
>> a "404 Not Found" error. I looked at the apache logfile and it provided no
>> further info.
>>
>> I even tried using the "wget" command. same 404 error.
>>
>> What have I done wrong?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Barrry Kimelman
>> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
>>
>>
>>
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