Re: Executables in linux/apache

[Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com>]

On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 05:07:36PM +0100, Fisayo Adeleke wrote:
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Candler [mailto:B.Candler at pobox.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:02 PM
> To: Fisayo Adeleke
> Cc: afnog at afnog.org
> Subject: Re: Executables in linux/apache
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 01:53:33PM +0100, Fisayo Adeleke wrote:
> > I need to be able to open a particular executable file via my browser, but
> > when i try to open it by entering
> > http://www.mycompany.com/cgi-bin/theexecfile , it tries to download
> > 'theexecfile.TXT' rather than opening up the page. I tried setting the
> > stuff up under windows using IIS5.o and it did the same thing but when i
> > set up IIS to run 'scripts and execuables' for the virtual directory, then
> > it now opened the page. I wonder if there's a solution like this under
> > Linux/Apache also cus i intend to run the program on Apache and not IIS.
> 
> It's straightforward in Apache:
> 
> <Directory /path/to/cgi-bin>
> Options ExecCGI
> </Directory>
> 
> I'VE GOT THIS ALREADY BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME THING!!

So what else have you tried? What do you have in log files? After issuing
one of these requests, do

tail /var/log/apache/access_log    (or whatever it is)
tail /var/log/apache/errors_log    (or wherever it is)




> 
> -FIAO
> 
> Of course the file has to be a Unix executable, not a windows .EXE
> 
> B.
> 

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