cgi problem with xitami server

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Re: cgi problem with xitami server by ww (Archbishop) on Jun 09, 2006 at 18:41 UTC
This is NOT a rant against Xitami; I used it on 'doze boxen for several years with pleasure and satisfaction. However, Xitami's default config does NOT, IIRC, countenance local cgi-bin dirs inside a user dir; rather, all has to be stuffed in the cgi-bin in server_root, unless you parse Xitami's documentation successfully and learn how to config for local cgi-bins... AMONG OTHER ISSUES. Hence, my current inclination would be to second the suggestion that you install XAMPP or even Apache 2.n for Windows. They're both free, and working with Apache and it's (sometimes murky) docs puts you on the road to mastering an industry standard.	[reply]
Re: cgi problem with xitami server by davis (Vicar) on Jun 09, 2006 at 17:58 UTC
Welcome to the monastery! Incidentally, we tend not to email users answers as that would prevent anyone else from getting helpful hints. An HTTP 404 means that you've asked your webserver for a file which it can't find, for whatever reason. The file may not be where you're telling the server to look (e.g. a different directory), it might have a different filename, or it simply may not exist. However, as you're just starting with this, I'd recommend installing Xampp, because it makes things really very easy for the beginner. Try getting used to the test/example scripts available, and then try using your own. cheers davis Kids, you tried your hardest, and you failed miserably. The lesson is: Never try.	[reply]
Re: 404 executing Perl on a xitami server by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 09, 2006 at 17:55 UTC
It's definitely a server error. It is misconfigured, you are using the wrong URL or the script is not in the right place. Pick better titles, please. How (not) to ask a question	[reply]
Re: cgi problem with xitami server by Joost (Canon) on Jun 09, 2006 at 17:56 UTC
The most probable cause is that the URL you're requesting does not map to the cgi script. Either your cgi script is not in the right place, or your server configuration is not correct, or both. Try reading the server log(s). "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re: cgi problem with xitami server by kabeldag (Hermit) on Jun 10, 2006 at 02:58 UTC
Apache's httpd web server is the way to go, if you ask me. Download it for wind-blows or nix here : http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi You may want to have something like the following 2 entries in conf/httpd.conf configuration file in the Windows version (depending on where you want to serve pages from). They point to the default document root directory and a cgi-bin directory: DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/apache/mydefaultpages/"* ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/cgi-bin/" Perl scripts within (C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/cgi-bin/) will need to point to the Perl binary. So, in each Perl script on the very first line you need to put in the path to perl.exe using the "hash bang + path-to-perl" entry. IE: #!/some-dir/bin/perl Here is an example perl cgi test script: `#!/perl/bin/perl print "Content-type:text/html\n\n"; print "<b>Perl</b> is working\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: cgi problem with xitami server by Anonymous Monk on Feb 01, 2008 at 23:40 UTC
copy the testperl.pl program that is in cgi-src directory into the cgi-bin directory and rename it to testperl.cgi. Change the first line to #!perl and it works. Ofcourse that is assuming you have perl installed and that it works from a dos prompt when you give the command c:\perl.	[reply]
Re: cgi problem with xitami server by ahmad (Hermit) on Jun 10, 2006 at 09:21 UTC
404 Not Found means you're calling the wrong directory	[reply]