cgiwrap-users

[cgiwrap-users] RE: release candidate for cgiwrap-3.8 available on sourceforge

[Neulinger, N. <nn...@um...>]

The cgiwrap version 3.8 release is now available on the sourceforge
files page for the cgiwrap project:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D8209

Tuc/TTSG Internet Services ( http://www.ttsg.com ) generously sponsored
most of the recent changes to cgiwrap. If you're in the market for
professional hosting/colocation services, give them a call or check out
their website!=20

Changes in this release:

  New in version 3.8:

     * Merged in special handling for PHP scripts by popular demand.
This
       is  based  mostly  on Piotr Klaban's php-cgiwrap patch, with
minor
       changes.
     * Added   options   for   php  support.  --with-php-interpreter
and
       --with-php-cgiwrap
     * Rewrote the path translated support. Is it finally correct?
     * Patch  from  sa...@co...  to use REDIRECT_URL if
available
       for SCRIPT_NAME.
     * Added support for access control files specific to each
HTTP_HOST,
       useful  for  ISP's using Apache handlers to run cgi's that want
to
       restrict  which  userids  can  run  cgi's  on  certain  vhosts.
If
       enabled, the vhost access control files must exist.
     * Added   option  to  require  that  REDIRECT_URL  be  specified
in
       environment.  Can be used to require that cgiwrap be invoked via
a
       handler/action  or some other internal apache
redirection/rewrite.
       Primarily  of  use  when  invoking  cgi's  for  virtual  hosts
via
       Action/SetHandler.
     * Modified  san's REDIRECT_URL support to be
--with-use-redirect-url
       instead of --with-check-redirect-url, since it's more a
functional
       change, not a security check.
     * Added   a   --with-quiet-errors   option  to  allow
significantly
       restricting  the  amount  of  internal  information  that an
error
       message displays.
     * Added  ability  to  override  the  vhost that cgiwrap users via
an
       optional  CGIWRAP_AUTH_VHOST env var, which if present and
feature
       enabled,  will  be  used  instead of HTTP_HOST. This is useful
for
       when   you   have  wildcard  servernames  in  apache.  Enable
the
       --with-vhost-override  option  if  you want this capabillity.
Only
       applicable if vhost allow/deny dir is enabled.
     * Added  ability  to  only allow scripts run by a specific userid
if
       the   CGIWRAP_REQUIRE_USER   env   var   is   specified   and
the
       --with-env-require-user feature is enabled.
     * Changed to autoconf 2.5 style templates and eliminated
acconfig.h.
     * Added   option   to  enable  the  special  PHP  support  only
for
       non-executable files.
     * Added  modified  patch  by  Gabriel  Ambuehl to use SCRIPT_URL
for
       SCRIPT_NAME generation.


If you're an ISP using cgiwrap, some of the above can be very helpful.=20

-- Nathan

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Nathan Neulinger                       EMail:  nn...@um...
University of Missouri - Rolla         Phone: (573) 341-4841
Computing Services                       Fax: (573) 341-4216

[cgiwrap-users] Anyone know

[Huw J. <huw...@so...>]

A good how-to on setting up CGI's with CGIwrap server side. I can't seem to
get scripts running and know I'm missing something real simple. But can't
work out what.

Regards

Huw Jenkins

Re: [cgiwrap-users] Anyone know

[Huw J. <huw...@so...>]

Don't mean to reply to my own post but I think I can highlight my problem a
little better. I'm using a Cobalt Raq3i.

Within the referral page I have the following:

<form action="http://www.domainname.co.uk/cgi-bin/form-mail.pl"
method="post">

The script is physically located @:
/home/sites/site#/web/cgi-bin/form-mail.pl

When I run it from the CMD line using: perl -w form-mail.pl | more, I get no
errors (no output at all) so I assume the script is running correctly?

The permisions are set to 711 and the owner is the only user for that site.
And I'm getting this error:

<snip>


CGIWrap Error: Script Execution Failed

CGIWrap encountered an error while attempting to execute this script:

Error Message: No such file or directory
Error Number: 2 
This message usually indicates there is a problem with the script itself.
Often this indicates either that the #! line of the script is incorrect, or
the script was uploaded in binary mode instead of ascii mode. Check to make
sure that the script does not have control-M's at the end of every line.
That will prevent it from executing. An easy fix that takes care of this
most of the time is to put '#!/.../perl --' instead of '#!/.../perl' on the
first line of the script. This is typically a problem if the script was
edited or uploaded from a DOS/Windows/Macintosh station to a unix based
server. 

If you are not the owner of this script, please forward this error and the
URL that caused it to the script owner. That is often the component in the
URL right after /cgiwrap/.

------------------------------------------------------------------------


Local Information and Documentation:


Contact Name: Administrator
Contact EMail: admin


Server Data: 

Server Administrator/Contact: admin
Server Name: www.xxx.co.uk
Server Port: 80 
Server Protocol: HTTP/1.1


Request Data: 

User Agent/Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.22; Mac_PowerPC)
Request Method: POST
Remote Address: 80.5.91.122
Remote Port: 48627 
Extra Path Info: /cgi-bin/form-mail.pl
Referring Page: http://www.xxx.co.uk/html/cdrequest.html

</snip>

I've checked everything that the error suggests but still no joy...

Anyone got any ideas? I'm starting to lose it here!

Many thanks

Huw Jenkins


> From: Huw Jenkins <huw...@so...>
> Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 11:54:42 +0100
> To: "Neulinger, Nathan" <nn...@um...>, <cgi...@li...>
> Subject: [cgiwrap-users] Anyone know
> 
> A good how-to on setting up CGI's with CGIwrap server side. I can't seem to
> get scripts running and know I'm missing something real simple. But can't
> work out what.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Huw Jenkins
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [cgiwrap-users] Anyone know

[Nathan N. <nn...@um...>]

If you're getting no output, then it's not a valid script. You should at
least get a content-type header. That's a separate issue.

Try running it as "/home/sites/site#/web/cgi-bin/form-mail.pl" instead
of launching perl. That's the same way cgiwrap starts it. Until you can
get that to work, there's no point in testing it with cgiwrap.

Did you "DO" everything that error message told you to do?

-- Nathan

On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 07:16, Huw Jenkins wrote:
> Don't mean to reply to my own post but I think I can highlight my problem a
> little better. I'm using a Cobalt Raq3i.
> 
> Within the referral page I have the following:
> 
> <form action="http://www.domainname.co.uk/cgi-bin/form-mail.pl"
> method="post">
> 
> The script is physically located @:
> /home/sites/site#/web/cgi-bin/form-mail.pl
> 
> When I run it from the CMD line using: perl -w form-mail.pl | more, I get no
> errors (no output at all) so I assume the script is running correctly?
> 
> The permisions are set to 711 and the owner is the only user for that site.
> And I'm getting this error:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> 
> CGIWrap Error: Script Execution Failed
> 
> CGIWrap encountered an error while attempting to execute this script:
> 
> Error Message: No such file or directory
> Error Number: 2 
> This message usually indicates there is a problem with the script itself.
> Often this indicates either that the #! line of the script is incorrect, or
> the script was uploaded in binary mode instead of ascii mode. Check to make
> sure that the script does not have control-M's at the end of every line.
> That will prevent it from executing. An easy fix that takes care of this
> most of the time is to put '#!/.../perl --' instead of '#!/.../perl' on the
> first line of the script. This is typically a problem if the script was
> edited or uploaded from a DOS/Windows/Macintosh station to a unix based
> server. 
> 
> If you are not the owner of this script, please forward this error and the
> URL that caused it to the script owner. That is often the component in the
> URL right after /cgiwrap/.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Local Information and Documentation:
> 
> 
> Contact Name: Administrator
> Contact EMail: admin
> 
> 
> Server Data: 
> 
> Server Administrator/Contact: admin
> Server Name: www.xxx.co.uk
> Server Port: 80 
> Server Protocol: HTTP/1.1
> 
> 
> Request Data: 
> 
> User Agent/Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.22; Mac_PowerPC)
> Request Method: POST
> Remote Address: 80.5.91.122
> Remote Port: 48627 
> Extra Path Info: /cgi-bin/form-mail.pl
> Referring Page: http://www.xxx.co.uk/html/cdrequest.html
> 
> </snip>
> 
> I've checked everything that the error suggests but still no joy...
> 
> Anyone got any ideas? I'm starting to lose it here!
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Huw Jenkins
> 
> 
> > From: Huw Jenkins <huw...@so...>
> > Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 11:54:42 +0100
> > To: "Neulinger, Nathan" <nn...@um...>, <cgi...@li...>
> > Subject: [cgiwrap-users] Anyone know
> > 
> > A good how-to on setting up CGI's with CGIwrap server side. I can't seem to
> > get scripts running and know I'm missing something real simple. But can't
> > work out what.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Huw Jenkins
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay
> > Get office equipment for less on eBay!
> > http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5
> > _______________________________________________
> > cgiwrap-users mailing list
> > cgi...@li...
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cgiwrap-users
-- 

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Nathan Neulinger                       EMail:  nn...@um...
University of Missouri - Rolla         Phone: (573) 341-4841
Computing Services                       Fax: (573) 341-4216

RE: [cgiwrap-users] Anyone know

[Peter M. J. <pe...@cl...>]

> > The permisions are set to 711 and the owner is the only 

You can't turn off read permissions for scripts.  You can only do it for
binaries.  Try changing the permissions to 755 and see if it works
better.