Apache doesn't exec perl

External Since: Jan 10, 2004 Posts: 1

Hi folks,

I am absolutly new with Linux and especially with Apache. I've set up Apache
2 on my Suse 8.2.
Further the needed mods are installed (mod_perl, mod_python, ...)

Apache responds on port 80. Index.html for example is shown when asked for
the web on the virtual server. But when I call a perl-file it won't
execute. Instead, the file is offerd for download. As anyone any idea what
is going wrong. I assume, that it's just a click or a little configuration,
but I have no ideas.

Have a nice weekend,

Holger

External Since: Nov 03, 2003 Posts: 2907

Holger Butschek <holger.TakeThisOut@butschek.com> wrote:
> Instead, the file is offerd for download.

1. be sure that the file is executable
2. be sure that the file contains #!/path/to/perl as first line
3. be sure that the file is in the cgi-bin directory

Davide

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