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Steerpike Deleted May 2, 2000, 9:20 AM Post #1 of 4 (696 views) Yet Another Apache/Perl Question Can't Post Hi again all you helpful folksies, Once more, thanks for any aid offered in response to this plea We may all be fatigued of questions concerning Apache and Perl but I believe mine breaths fresh breath in that I know what I am attempting to do and I have installed Apache (!.3.12) and ActivePerl (5.6.0.613) as is described in the cache-22 guide (http://www.cache-22.co.uk/tutorials/perl_apache.shtml). When I start the server running and set my browser to http://localhost/ it works fine and displays the webpage it should do. The problem is that whenevr I attempt to run a Perl script I receive a 500 Server error: "Internal Server Error" I am running Windows 98 and have Apache and Perl installed and configured as follows: I installed Apache into C:\localserver\apache\ I altered the httpd.conf file to have the following entries: ServerRoot "c:/localserver/apache" ServerName localhost DocumentRoot "c:/localserver/apache/htdocs" <Directory "c:/localserver/apache/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI </Directory> After doing this and ensuring the server worked, I installed ActivePerl in C:\localserver\apache\usr and created a script (Test.pl): #!C:\localserver\apache\usr\bin\perl print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "Hi!"; Which I placed in C:\localserver\apache\cgi-bin So I have the following file structure (including the Perl.exe and Test.pl files): C:\ localserver apache bin cgi-bin Test.pl conf htdocs icons logs modules proxy usr bin Perl.exe eg html lib site Can anyone help explain the internal errors? Many thanks for any help. Take Care

Cretep User May 2, 2000, 7:06 PM Post #2 of 4 (696 views) Re: Yet Another Apache/Perl Question [In reply to] Can't Post Hi Try using the extension .cgi instead of .pl. Regards Peter Crouch

Jasmine Administrator / Moderator May 2, 2000, 10:04 PM Post #3 of 4 (696 views) Re: Yet Another Apache/Perl Question [In reply to] Can't Post Steerpike, If you want to be able to run .pl files as well, open your httpd.conf file in a text editor and look for the following line: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi After that line, you can add the following line: AddHandler cgi-script .pl While you can put that line (almost) anywhere, I find it easier to keep related lines adjacent to eachother. Save the updated httpd.conf file and restart Apache. You will be able to run .pl files as well as .cgi files. Enjoy!

Steerpike Deleted May 3, 2000, 9:57 AM Post #4 of 4 (696 views) Re: Yet Another Apache/Perl Question [In reply to] Can't Post Hi Cretep, thanks a million...I'm unsure whether to hug you or kick me...it never even occured to me, I thought Apache was fine with both extensions...well...it works...thanks another million ~hugs Cretep...kicks Steerpike~

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