apache server problem

[Peter Heinemann]

When accessing a cgi, my browser provides a "File Download" popup rather than trying to execute the program.

Any help/explanation would be appreciated.


Here are the relevant httpd.conf entries:

Alias /RightSiteDir "/opt/apps/documentum/rightsite/applications/"

AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all


Alias /rs-bin "/opt/apps/documentum/rightsite/product/bin/"

AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all


ScriptAlias /rs-bin/ "/opt/apps/documentum/rightsite/product/bin/"

[Steven E. Protter]

If you are missing a trailing slash / from your cgi-bin directory directive, this behavior could happen.

Example.

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/ias/product/1.0.2/Apache/Apache/cgi-bin/"

That entry controls the location and characteristics of cgi bin programs.

The location needs to exist and the scripts need x(execute) permissions.

SEP

[Denver Osborn]

What type of file (.cgi or .pl ext) is it that gives you the "file download" box rather than execute the script. you should look to the "AddHandler" entries in your httpd.conf file. It sounds like the type of file doesn't have any action associated w/ it from the web server.

Hope this helps,
-denver

[Peter Heinemann]

Steven: the permissions are ok(that's not the error) and the trailing slash is present (see excerpt in the original post).
Denver: Here's the rub: the scripts in the target directory don't have extensions (!). Is there a wildcard value for AddHandler?

[Denver Osborn]

If your httpd.conf file is the same as you posted....


move the "ScriptAlias" above the "Alias /rs-bin..." line.
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ScriptAlias /rs-bin/ "/opt/apps/documentum/rightsite/product/bin/"

Alias /rs-bin "/opt/apps/documentum/rightsite/product/bin/"

AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

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Then stop/start apache web srvr, that should do it....

-denver

[Andy Nicastro]

Hi,
I have just the opposite problem.
After creating an ASCII data file from within a browser application programmed in Perl CGI, I want the user to be able to save it. I am, therefore, trying to get the "File Download" popup to appear.
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After creating the file in the apache server's /tmp/ diectory, I use
print "Content-Type: ASCII"; ilenam= etc. ...
"Disposition: inline"...
When I Open the file and read it, it writes to the browser instead of giving me the "File Download" popup.
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I can get it to work correctly if I first zip the file, but I'd like to give the user the option of not zipping it first.
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Do you have any ideas?
Thanks very much,
Andy Nicastro
Publtec B.V.
a.nicastro@publitec.nl