Need help setting up perl cgi-bin

[Westerberg]

I have a fresh install of lamp. I installed libapache2-mod-perl2 via apt-get. I created

/usr/lib/cgi-bin

and made a soft link from it to

/var/www/cgi-bin

I have a test script
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n";
print "Hello there!<br />\nJust testing some things.<br />\n";

for ($i=0; $i<10; $i++)
{
print $i."<br />";
}


that I placed in

/var/www/cgi-bin

and made executable.

If I enter "localhost" into the browser address bar, I see the "cgi-bin" directory, but if I click on it I get a message saying Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/ on this server.

In /var/log/apache2/error.log the message says [error] [client 127.0.0.1] attempt to invoke directory as script: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/, referer: http://localhost/

If I open /var/www/cgi-bin/test.pl with the browser, it just prints out the contents of the script without processing them.

One thing I noticed -- not sure whether it's important -- there is no perl.conf file in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled.

Any help/advice/suggestions would be appreciated.

[twistedtwig]

think you might need to enable the perl module

a2enmod perl (or something like that)

also check that you have a .pl handler.. in the apache config files:

AddHandler .cgi .pl

I think it has others on it but I am not at home and thinking off the top of my head.

GL

Let us know how you got on

[Westerberg]

Thanks for your attention. I've got the problem about half sorted.
I think the problem was I made a link from /usr/lib/cgi-bin to /var/www/cgi-bin instead of the other way around. That changed, I am able to run scripts at least.

If I enter

localhost/cgi-bin/test.pl

into the browser address bar, the script will run.

However, if I enter "localhost" into the address bar and then click on the cgi-bin directory, I am still greeted with403 Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/ on this server.

Could the problem be with my

/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

file? Do I have to change something in there?

Any suggestions/advice/comments/help would be appreciated.

[twistedtwig]

just guessing but it could be something on the lines of no browsing permissions... sorry for the Microsoft wording but I can't think of what its called in Linux

I did the same thing with the links the first time I tried to set it up.

I ended up having a custom.conf file in apache2 folder that has all my personal settings including the link for cgi bin