[Jetty-support] Re: CGI example does not work

[Andrew P. <and...@gm...>]

Andrew Pierce <andrunix <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> I have downloaded Jetty and installed it on a AIX system. I start it up and can
> browse to the default site. When I try to run the CGI sample, I get output that
> is titled "Dump HttpHandler". The CGI sample works on the mortbay.org site. 
> 
> What do I have to change to get the CGI servlet working on my system? The
> documentation doesn't really help me very much.
 


I have gotten a step further. I crafted my own XML configuration file and
included a section that looks like this:

  <Call name="addContext">
    <Arg>/cgi-bin/*</Arg>
    <Set name="ResourceBase">/u/divap/cgi-bin</Set>
    <!-- <Set name="ServingDynamicServlets">TRUE</Set> -->
    <Call name="addServlet">
      <Arg>Common Gateway Interface</Arg>
      <Arg>/</Arg>
      <Arg>org.mortbay.servlet.CGI</Arg>
      <Put name="Path">/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin</Put>
    </Call>
  </Call>

Note that the "ServingDynamicServlet" line throws an exception so I commented it
out. Now, I have a perl script in /u/divap/cgi-bin. I can execute it from a
terminal and it works. Perl lives in /usr/bin. When I try to run it as a CGI
with Jetty, I get prompted to download the .pl file. In other works, it is not
being executed by the CGI servlet. 

Why not?

Thanks!
Andrew