Re: [htdig] htdig on Etch SOLVED

[Mark G. <dg...@to...>]

Mark Grieveson wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, Mark Grieveson wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> Thanks for your response.  Yes, I suspect that something is wrong 
>>> with the Apache set up, in that it cannot properly execute cgi-bin 
>>> scripts.  I'm not sure how to rectify this, though.  I did try 
>>> htsearch from the terminal, and it works there.  But it does not 
>>> work from the website.
>>>     
>>
>> Do you have a ScriptAlias directive setup for the directory containing
>> the htsearch CGI? Something like
>>  ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /path/to/cgi-bin/
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>   
> Thanks for the response. No.  I checked /etc/apache2/apache2.conf, and 
> could find no such entry.  I did find a file entitled cgi.load, in 
> /etc/apache2/modules-enabled directory, and this file reads:
> "LoadModule cgi_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_cgi.so".  The file 
> mod_cgi.so exists.
>
> I also checked the htdig.conf file, and, likewise, found no such 
> entry.  Do you know where I should put such an entry?
>
> Mark
>
Okay, thanks for your great suggestion.  I did find out where the entry 
needed to go.  I had set up a virtual host, just in case I wanted to 
serve other sites from here.  However, I had not properly added support 
for cgi-bin files to this host.  I noticed this when checking the 
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default file.  I simply added:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
    <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
        AllowOverride None
        Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

and it now works.  Thanks again.

Mark