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Charlie-Boy
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 Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 1:54 Post subject: Apache attempts to download Perl script |
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My new installation of Apache 2.2.4 attempts to download Perl scripts instead of running them, I cannot fathom this behaviour, is there a simple explanation, before I tear me hair out?
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VoodooMill
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:11 Post subject: |
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| Is the folder the script is in configured as a ScriptAlias? |
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Charlie-Boy
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:12 Post subject: |
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Yeah the folder is cgi-bin, this is a default httpd.conf.
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ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/"
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VoodooMill
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:19 Post subject: |
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| Hrm, does your System Environment Variable Path have the location of Perl\bin? |
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Charlie-Boy
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:22 Post subject: |
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Yeah, it seems to be, actually earlier today another install worked flawlessly. I think another webserver installation has messed with this, the www looks suspect.
How would I fix this, reinstall activestate
| Quote: | C:\www\openssl\bin;C:\www\Apache22\bin;C:\www\php5;C:\www\mysql5\bin;C:\www\perl\bin;C:\www\tomcat5\bin
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VoodooMill
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:28 Post subject: |
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| Are you loading the mod_cgi module? |
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Charlie-Boy
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:29 Post subject: |
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| Yeah I am loading that module. |
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VoodooMill
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:39 Post subject: |
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| What is the call you are making to your perl script? |
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Charlie-Boy
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:43 Post subject: |
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| I am just trying to run it from localhost http://localhost/cgi-bin/printenv.pl, it's just the default script. Earlier today this worked fine and I got the return I expected with the same configuration. |
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VoodooMill
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:49 Post subject: |
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| I'm all out of ideas for a simple solution. Sorry. |
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Charlie-Boy
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 2:50 Post subject: |
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| Thanks for trying, I think the path is messed up myself. |
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Charlie-Boy
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 4:03 Post subject: |
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I have found the problem and it is not Apache related, something has locked my security panel in IE. I have not touched it, I am locked out completely and I haven't a clue how to unlock it.
I don't have a virus, I have scanned for that.
Firefox will execute the script without a problem. |
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VoodooMill
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| Posted: Thu 08 Mar '07 9:07 Post subject: |
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Good luck with that.  |
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Charlie-Boy
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| Posted: Sat 10 Mar '07 14:06 Post subject: |
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I unlocked the security tab but that wasn't in the end the problem, the issue that was causing IE to download the Perl script that is installed by default with Apache was the charset in the script, Firefox will run it but IE will not. You have to remove the charset to get IE to run in properly.
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The fix for the security lockout is here.
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/secchangesettings.htm |
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