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Hi, Just a thought and from personal experience.. Looking at the simple things first. Sounds like you have upluaded the script to a server. Did you upload it as ascii or a binary transfer? (Binary ftp will mangle a cgi scrip - needs to be set specifically to ascii). I nearly always have to reload my cgi scripts because I did not check the ascii transfer box! Hope this helps! Mark Harvey On Tuesday 11 December 2001 04:49, you wrote: > Hello. Anyone got any thoughts on this? > > > I am trying to *test* two CGIs (Perl) that I know to be okay on my > home box. > > My attention to detail when installing and setting up Apache has been > religious; I have read the HOWTOs, www.apache.org and I have Running > Linux here as a textbook ref. > > httpd.conf had the cgi-bin scriptalias location as /var/www/cgi-bin > so I thought I wouldn't change that. > > Now, let's consider the simplest script imaginable, such as: > > #!/bin/sh > echo "Content-type: text/html" > echo > echo "<html>" > echo "hello world" > echo "</html> > #ends > > Does anyone have any anecdotal suggestions, perhaps based upon > experience, as to why that won't print 'hello world' in my browser? > > Here's the stuff I have already thought of: > > - Permissions. Recklessly granted to anything even faintly related. > - Is httpd actually running? Yes. > - Is the code okay? Yes. > - File extensions? Tried 'em all. > - Is the bit about listening to 127.0.0.1 commented out in .conf? No. > - Generally, is httpd.conf okay? As far as I know. > - Is Apache finding the .conf file? Yes - I am specifying it at CL > > > I reckon I'm missing something here - any thoughts? > > Just to clarify again: I am not trying to serve a web page here > (well, I am, but only to myself), this is a testing exercise. > MB. > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > message body to unsubscribe. -- For information on Newquay and the surrounding area: http://www.Newquay-Plus.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.