in reply to Browser compatibility problem

First guess: You forgot to end the script with .cgi, since by default Apache will not 'execute' perl scripts.

Second guess: The script isn't set to execute with 'chmod a+x script.cgi'

Third guess: You don't have the script in your cgi-bin directory, or you have removed the 'Exec' option in httpd.conf.

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Jeremy
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Re: Re: This makes NO sense!!!
by alietzow (Initiate) on May 17, 2002 at 05:57 UTC
    Jeremy--your second guess wins the prize!
    I guess it's only right that I should have to beat my head against the wall for a while but what's weird is that I've been running scripts on another server for a long time and those didn't give me this trouble. Guess I must have the permissions right on those, eh?

    What's weird though, is that the owner is "nobody", the httpd runs as user "nobody" and the permissions on the file were 744. Guess when you access the file with a browser Apache treats the user as not the owner and not a member of the group but puts them in the set "other"?
    Oh well. At least it is FIXED!!!
    Muchos Gracias.. Now I can take a siesta and tomorrow... GUI access to mySQL!
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