CGI configuraton

leslie has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear friends,

I know perl. But I don't know about perl CGI. I want to learn that. I have tried to configure the perl CGI. But I unable to do that.

Configuration I have done : In /etc/apache2/httpd.conf, I have added ,

 <Directory /home/leslie/public_html/>
             Options ExecCGI
             AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
          </Directory>
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Then I have restart the apache server, While running the sample script with the extension of .cgi its simply prints the hole file content on the browser.

System Env:

  Webserver: apache2
  OS       : ubuntu 10.4 

  Note: I am not root user.
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Can some one help me to configure the CGI in my env

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Re: CGI configuraton by Khen1950fx (Canon) on Sep 10, 2010 at 07:01 UTC
On my system, httpd.conf is located at `/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf` At approx. line 292, the Options directive: `<Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI AllowOverride None </Directory>` [download] At approx. line 779, the AddHandler: `AddHandler cgi-script .cgi` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: CGI configuraton by leslie (Pilgrim) on Sep 10, 2010 at 17:51 UTC
hi friend, In my system there is no /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. It has located in /etc/apache2/httpd.conf. How can I configure this ? I have discussed with my friend, He said , you should enable the CGI module in apache, If u enable this then it will have mod-perl package. I don't know how to enable this.. How can I run the CGI in my system. I want to learn frds.. Can any one plzz tell me to run the CGI script in my system. Thanks you frds..	[reply]
Re^3: CGI configuraton by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 10, 2010 at 18:04 UTC
Please read the Apache webserver documentation. This is not a Perl issue.	[reply]
Re^3: CGI configuraton by rowdog (Curate) on Sep 10, 2010 at 20:23 UTC
Well, first of all, you're editing the wrong file for Ubuntu. Ubuntu uses a virtual hosts system and you'll want to add the directory section to the file for the virtual host, which will be in the /etc/apache2/sites-available directory. I highly recommend you read the Ubuntu Server Guide on Apache2. Second is, directory names shouldn't have a trailing slash. Not a big deal, but maybe you would like to see a nice Apache Tutorial to help get the commands right. Also, I'm not sure it matters but I use +ExecCGI rather than ExecCGI. CGI and mod_perl are very different things. Apache2 on Ubuntu comes with CGI enabled and turned on for /usr/lib/cgi-bin, you can skip all this and just drop your script in that directory. Setting up mod_perl on Ubuntu isn't difficult but you'll need to install the mod_perl package and then a2enmod it. Search the Ubuntu site, I'm sure they have a guide somewhere.	[reply]