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by **Rob Hartil** » Tue, 06 Feb 1996 04:00:00

> I am running Apache on a FreeBSD 2.0.5R machine. I have a problems with
> cgi scripts. They (sh and perl scripts) will execute if I use them with
> an <A HREF> tag

> <A HREF="http://my.server.com/file_name"> Click me </A>

> If you select that from a browser it executes the script.

> If I try to run the script from an HTML page
> with

>

> nothing happens.

If by "nothing" you mean that the HTML for the page contains
 then you
need to look at the documentation (wherever it may be) for
Server Side Includes.

Looks like you're trying to use SSI without switching it on.

rob

by **David Brocku** » Wed, 14 Feb 1996 04:00:00

I enabled server side includes for .shtml files. When I try to use the
 in a .shtml
file, I get "[an error occured while processing this directive]". I can
execute the same cgi script, by opening it as a location in my browser.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

David

by **Michael Robinto** » Fri, 16 Feb 1996 04:00:00

>I enabled server side includes for .shtml files. When I try to use the
> in a .shtml
>file, I get "[an error occured while processing this directive]". I can
>execute the same cgi script, by opening it as a location in my browser.
>Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

>David

command syntax is in error, spaces, etc.. must be placed correctly.

1) file path is relative to the server root
2) syntax of command must be exact with respect to the
spaces before and after the '--'
3) the '#' notifies the ssl processor that a command follows
otherwise it's a comment ( hidden ) field

i.e. if directory 'cgi' were directly under the server root
the command would read:

permissions on the various files must be set to 640 or 644
and 755 ( i think for directories ) check
www.best.com FAQ on cgi's for details

the server must be logged in as a member of a group with appropriate
permissions to the files it needs to access and execute.

i.e. you may have to chown the files to a group the server belongs to
depending on your specific site.

Good Luck

Michael

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