Perl scripts and apache

[mmcclure79]

I can't seem to get the formmail script to do anything but give me a 404 remotely and when I try it on the server it asks me what I want to open it with. Any suggestions on where to start?

[WagnerVaz]

You need put the executables scripts on cgi-bin and configure it proper.
otherwise it will ask to save.

You can even use the mod_perl with apache.

[mmcclure79]

I checked and the script is in the cgi-bin folder and set to be executable. How can I check if I have mod_perl installed for apache? I'm not quite sure I installed it. If I can't get this to work I do have a forum that sends emails with no problems, is there a way I can use php's mail function to send form data?

[WagnerVaz]

Your luck today, I'm PHP programmer,
you can send mail with the mail() function.

To configure PHP with Mail:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php

To use the php mail() function:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

You can check the user owner of file and the user of httpd daemon for make perl scripts work.

[mmcclure79]

The mail() function is already set up. Is it possible to call it from a html page to send form fields? I'me delving into new waters and appreciate all the help I can get.

[Tomosaur]

I too had trouble with this. Turns out the cgi-bin is not /var/www/cgi-bin/, but is in fact /usr/lib/cgi-bin/. I just plonked my perl scripts in there and it worked fine.

[mmcclure79]

Aha! and the script runs!, well atleast it finds it and gives me a script centric error. Now to figure out what thus means: Premature end of script headers: email.pl