Topic: Perl script : HTTP 403 Forbidden

[farideh]

I am trying to run a simple Perl CGI on Apache 2.4.10 on Windows 7 Professional.
My Perl directory is c:\perl64\bin\perl5.20.1.

c:/localhost/ gives me the Welcome page.

c:\perl64\bin\fig.pl works.

c:\Apache24\httpd.conf is changed to :

serverRoot "c:/Apache24
Alias /cgi-bin /c:/Apache24/cgi-bin
<Directory c:/Apache24/cgi-bin>
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
Options ExecCGI
</Directory>

Http://localhost/c:/Apache24/cgi-bin/fig.pl
gives Http 403 Forbidden
The Website declined to show this Webpage . Http 403.

Please let me know "How to add Perl CGI Support to
my Apache 2.4.10 Web Server on Windows 7.

How to run my Perl CGI.
How to avoid Http 403 .
Farideh

[James Blond]

Since you you can Alias you need to call the script a bit different in your URL. Do not put the windows path into the url

http://localhost/cgi-bin/fig.pl

if you still have a question please ask again.

[farideh]

thanks, but by typing :
http://localhost/cgi-bin/fig.pl
I have : Http 403.
Farideh

[James Blond]

Are you sure your script is in c:/Apache24/cgi-bin ?

[farideh]

Yes I am sure .

c:\Apache24\cgi-bin\fig.pl

is where my CGI Perl Script Is.

To Run it I type:
http://localhost/cgi-bin/fig.pl or

http://localhost/c:/Apache24/cgi-bin/fig.pl/

[James Blond]

Sorry,

I missed an important part...

You directory needs a

[farideh]

Hi James :
I added "Require all granted"

Http://localhost/cgi-bin/fig.pl
gave me HTTP 404 Not Found.

By examining "c:/Apache24/logs/error" the followings found:

[Wed Dec 24 12:54:28 . 0365 39 2014] [core : error]
[pid 2884 : tid 940] (20023) the given path was above
the root path : [client :: 1 : 2424]AH00127: can not map GET /c:/Apache24/cgi-bin/fig.pl HTTP/1.1 to file.

I have also read about chmod 755 command on Unix to resolve Directories problems. But on Windows, have not seen any.

[James Blond]

On Windows there is no need for chmod.

You may try ScriptAlias http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias which is easier to set up.

[farideh]

It worked. Thanks for trying to help.
solution :
<Directory />
Options FollowsymLinks
AllowOverride none
Require all granted
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "c:/Apache24/cgi-bin/"
<Directory c:/Apache24/cgi-bin>
AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl

options ExecCGI
</Directoriy>

[Steffen]

There is a tutorial at http://www.tommyrodriguez.com/?p=446 , special attention to step 3.

Also try to have the first line of your script point to Perl.exe, in your case:

#!c:\perl64\bin\perl5.20.1\bin\PERL.EXE

Btw.
In your first post above you say that the Perl location is : c:\perl64\bin\perl5.20.1. Little strange naming for me.

So be sure where your perl.exe is.

[farideh]

Hi Steffen
Thanks for the tutorial.
The Strawberry Perl has this strange Directory.