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I have root access to a server running Apache 1.3, which hosts our website.

But I would like to be able to run a couple of CGI files, that use the POST
method for sending forms.

I have two options:

1) Edit the CGI files to "GET" instead of "POST"

or

2) Configure the server to recognise and allow POST.

Having checked the Apache.org website, I'm no nearer to getting any ideas as
to which is best.

Any help/directions would be greatly appreciated,

TIA,

T.

Quote:> Hi,

> I have root access to a server running Apache 1.3, which hosts our
website.

> But I would like to be able to run a couple of CGI files, that use the
POST
> method for sending forms.

> I have two options:

> 1) Edit the CGI files to "GET" instead of "POST"

> or

> 2) Configure the server to recognise and allow POST.

> Having checked the Apache.org website, I'm no nearer to getting any ideas
as
> to which is best.

> Any help/directions would be greatly appreciated,

> TIA,

> T.

Hi, and thanx for the reply,

Possibly it should be, but in this case it isn't. Any clues?

Ran a script to find the problem and this is what I got (if any help):

T.

SERVER_SOFTWARE --> Apache/1.3.20 Sun Cobalt (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.4
OpenSSL/0.9.6b PHP/4.0.3pl1 mod_auth_pam_external/0.1 FrontPage/4.0.4.3
mod_perl/1.25
GATEWAY_INTERFACE --> CGI/1.1
DOCUMENT_ROOT --> [removed]
REMOTE_ADDR --> [removed]
REQUEST_METHOD --> GET
QUERY_STRING --> [removed]
HTTP_ACCEPT --> image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg,
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword,
*/*
REMOTE_PORT --> 34947
SERVER_ADDR --> [removed]
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE --> en-gb
REDIRECT_UNIQUE_ID --> PEWLLNnHqioAAAR3Vio
SCRIPT_FILENAME --> /usr/cgiwrap/cgiwrap
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING --> gzip, deflate
REDIRECT_STATUS --> 200
SERVER_NAME --> [removed]
SERVER_PORT --> 80
PATH_TRANSLATED --> [removed]
SERVER_ADMIN --> admin
UNIQUE_ID --> PEWLLNnHqioAAAR3Vio
REDIRECT_URL --> /cgi-bin/tryout.cgi
SCRIPT_URI --> [removed]
SCRIPT_URL --> /cgi-bin/tryout.cgi
SERVER_SIGNATURE -->
SERVER_PROTOCOL --> HTTP/1.1
HTTP_USER_AGENT --> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)
PATH --> /sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
REDIRECT_SCRIPT_URI --> SCRIPT_NAME --> /cgi-bin/tryout.cgi
HTTP_CLIENT_IP --> [removed]
REDIRECT_SCRIPT_URL --> /cgi-bin/tryout.cgi
REQUEST_URI --> /cgi-bin/tryout.cgi
PATH_INFO --> /cgi-bin/tryout.cgi
HTTP_HOST --> HTTP_VIA --> HTTP/1.1 cache-ink-bas[3E1FE002]
(Traffic-Server/4.0.15-M [uSc ])

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| > POST should be allowed by default
| >
| >


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| <snip>
|
| Hi, and thanx for the reply,
|
| Possibly it should be, but in this case it isn't. Any clues?
What exactly doesn't work if you simply specify method="post" in your HTML?
|
| Ran a script to find the problem and this is what I got (if any help):
(snip)
| REQUEST_METHOD --> GET
(snip)
This is just an info on what the current script uses. POST _should_ be still
enabled.

The problem I have is that when trying to run a CGI script that uses POST,
the following error message occurs:

HTTP Error 405
405 Method Not Allowed

The method specified in the Request Line is not allowed for the resource
identified by the request. Please ensure that you have the proper MIME type
set up for the resource you are requesting.

As far as I know, it's just down to the CGI using POST. And I could well be
wrong anyways.

But I wanted to start go through the basics first as to what might be
causing this script to fail.

T.

Quote:> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ-F.html#POSTnotallowed

So, do I take it that if I just add the following:

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

to either my httpd.conf file (currently in etc/httpd/conf/ ) or to a
.htaccess file in the same directory as that needed to accept the POST forms
(currently www.mydomain.com/cgi-bin/ , that will be enough to handle POST
forms?

Sorry if I sound a little sceptical, but being a newbie means a steep
learning curve for new operating systems.

And besides other CGI files in the same directory already work (but they use
the "GET" method, not POST). So, it isn't a question of "are the scripts
executing OK?". Am I making myself clear?

T.