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I just install Ubuntu 13.10 and I am trying to install Apache. But when I tried to run a perl file in cgi-bin, the browser showed only plain text.
My default.conf of Apache is below:
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options +Indexes +ExecCGI +MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
#Order allow,deny
Require all granted
Allow from all
</Directory>
This is my perl cgi file:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html>\n";
print "<title> PERL CGI</title>\n";
print "<body>";
print "hello perl-cgi!!!!!!!";
print "</body>";
print "</html>\n";
I have turned on the Handler in mime.conf The file is in /usr/lib/cgi-bin, and I run it as http not file:///. I have also installed mod_perl. I am new to Apache. I have searched for several hours, try endless Apache configurations, read Apache document but still cannot solve it. Is it because the "+ExecCGI" code has some problem? I saw another person also meet similar problem after updating Ubuntu 12.04 to 13.10. Maybe Ubuntu is the problem? Please help. The Apache configuration and Ubuntu permission almost drive me mad.
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Let's make it executable by typing a sudo chmod +x /var/www/cgi-bin/loggedin.sh and hit enter. We need to turn on an SELinux Boolean to allow CGI scripts. Type in clear and then type in sudo setsebool -P httpd_enable_cgi 1 and hit enter. Now let's restart Apache.
Try with this command:
sudo a2enmod cgi
Then restart apache!
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I encountered this problem when trying to setup bugzilla in Ubuntu 14.04 @Andrew's answer was helful and so was @Kevin's links.. so other than enabling cgi, ensure that perl's module for apache2 is installed. You can do this by:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2
This will automatically enable the module as well as restart apache server. If not do that manually.
Don't have enough rep to upvote both of you, so thanks.
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