simple cgi-bin Q

[Master of Reality]

when i do
ScriptAlias /cult/ib/cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin"
will my cgi scripts that are in /var/www/cgi-bin fail to work properly if the have relative links that are relative to /var/www/html/cult/ib/cgi-bin (which is where they use to reside)??

I am plannin to upgrade my server and wanna use a cgi-bin at /var/www/cgi-bin instead of having the scripts executable anywhere.

[Master of Reality]

another q:
should my cgi-bin directory container look like this:

<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
        AllowOverride None
        Options None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

or like this:

  <Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
        AllowOverride None
        Options None ExecCGI
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by The Master of Reality / B0B:
when i do
ScriptAlias /cult/ib/cgi-bin/ "/var/www/cgi-bin"
will my cgi scripts that are in /var/www/cgi-bin fail to work properly if the have relative links that are relative to /var/www/html/cult/ib/cgi-bin (which is where they use to reside)??

I am plannin to upgrade my server and wanna use a cgi-bin at /var/www/cgi-bin instead of having the scripts executable anywhere.

Yes, that should work. Instead of www.someserver.com/cgi-bin/script.cgi you would have www.someserver.com/cult/ib/cgi-bin/script.cgi.

If you want both you'll need to add an "Alias".

[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

[voidmain]

quote:m0ranother q:
or like this:

Like this (the default):

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Just make sure you don't have "ExecCGI" in your other directory definitions and it will only execute CGI from your cgi-bin.

[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

[Master of Reality]

quote:Originally posted by void main:


Yes, that should work. Instead of www.someserver.com/cgi-bin/script.cgi you would have www.someserver.com/cult/ib/cgi-bin/script.cgi.

If you want both you'll need to add an "Alias".

[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

thanx
that was really the question... but i got it figured out.

[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]

[Master of Reality]

quote:like this (default)

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Just make sure you don't have "ExecCGI" in your other directory definitions and it will only execute CGI from your cgi-bin.

[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: void main]

thats not the default in my apache. my default is:

<Directory "/var/www/cgi-bin">
        AllowOverride None
        Options None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

should i change the "none" to "ExecCGI"?

[ November 19, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]

[ November 19, 2002: Message edited by: The Master of Reality / B0B ]

[voidmain]

Hmm, interesting. It appears that you only need ExecCGI if the directory in question is not a "ScriptAlias" directory. All files (regardless of thier extension) are treated as executable if they are in a ScriptAlias directory. It's interesting that my Apache 2.x server (and all of my other servers) have the ExecCGI set even though they are also are defined via ScriptAlias, I think that's a RedHat default because I don't remember setting any of them that way. Here a FAQ:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ-F.html#CGIoutsideScriptAlias

[ November 19, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]