[cgiwrap-users] cgiwrap gives 'permission denied' when".cgi" omitted from URL

[Neil B. <ne...@fn...>]

   I have had a rummage around various mailing list archives & docs., 
and I don't pretend to completely follow the various configs. that are 
in place;  also, I ought to point out that this is running on a Cobalt 
RaQ where my site is hosted (i.e., not my box).


   Essentially, I wanted to set up Apache's "MultiViews" so that I could 
omit ".cgi" from script URLs, and make use of the PATH_INFO data.

   However, if I run my script normally (and, as configured by the RaQ 
somehow, through cgiwrap), it works.  As soon as I omit the ".cgi", I 
get "permission denied" from cgiwrap.  Multiviews is working OK for 
other (non-CGI) files.

   I'm intrigued by the following from cgiwrapd:

<http://my.site/cgiwrapDir/cgiwrapd/cgi-bin/script.cgi>

	Script Relative Path:  'cgi-bin/env.cgi'
	Script Absolute Path:  '/home/sites/site37/web/cgi-bin/env.cgi'


   But:
<http://my.site/cgiwrapDir/cgiwrapd/cgi-bin/script>

	Script Relative Path:  'cgi-bin'
	Script Absolute Path:  '/home/sites/site37/web/cgi-bin'

   The script filename's gone?  Seems to me cgiwrap is then trying to 
'run' the cgi-bin directory -> 'permission denied' (as opposed to the 
no-such-file error I get if I give a diff. script name).


   It looks like the cgiwrap running on the box is a Cobalt-modified 3.7 
(cgiwrap-3.7-C1.src.rpm - but I can no longer find this on the Net).


   On a similar note, is it right that I get "/cgi-bin/script/" on the 
front of my script's PATH_INFO?  I saw a hint in a '97 posting that that 
was expected (as it's the correct PATH_INFO for cgiwrap itself) but it 
seems a but odd, esp. as cgiwrapd purports to be doing a 'Fixing 
Environment Variables' step, and it meansd that mt CGIs need to be aware 
that they're being run from cgiwrap.

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