Questions tagged [cgi]
This tag apparently represents the cgi-bin. A CGI-bin is a folder used to house scripts that will interact with a Web browser to provide functionality for a Web page or website. Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a resource for accommodating the use of scripts in Web design.
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Failing to connect apache2 with ScriptAlias
I'm trying to set up a ScriptAlias on an apache2 server, but when I try to connect to it using the alias, I get a Forbidden error:
This is my /etc/apache2/apache.conf:
cgi.load is enabled on /etc/...
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GCI (and LC server) not working Ubuntu server 20.04 on Raspberry 4 8GB
it seems CGI is not working, and if I'm correct it should work out of the box with Ubuntu server 20.04 64bits.
I installed Ubuntu following this tut: how to install Ubuntu server 20.04 on Raspberry
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my index.cgi does not run instead it only prints its content
I want to run an index.cgi in my front end directory rather than an index.html. However the script does not run and only prints out the script in text. I am on running apache2 on ubuntu 18.04. What ...
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What Steps are needed to set up Apache2 to utilize multiple “cgi-bin”
Currently My /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf looks like this:
DocumentRoot /var/www/htm
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
Options +...
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How to use suexec to execute commands as a different user in cgi
I'm implementing a login page with cgi. I was able to retrieve the login and password correctly, yet I am unsure of how to change to that user.
I am using httpd apache.
After researching possible ways ...
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How to run CGI file in docker
.yml
apache:
build: apache/
links:
- php:phpfpm
devices:
- "/dev/ttyUSB0:/dev/ttyUSB0"
volumes:
- ./public:/var/www
- ./apache/hosts:/etc/apache2/sites-...
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Displaying dynamic created jpg inside an html apache
I have an image created by a CGI script.. if you call the script directly it displays quite happily with.
Content-type: image/jpeg
However I need to embed this inside a page, and no matter what I ...
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Can I give the default user that runs Perl scripts from cgi-bin different permisions?
The default user that Perl scripts run from browsers is www-data. My scripts need permission to read/write/delete files in other directories. All these directories are created within the /home ...
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Change www directory mode only from web application
I am using Apache web server in ubuntu, Linux. I am writing Web Application using CGI. There are the paths of my works.
WWW Dir -> /var/myproj/www/
Data Dir -> /var/myproj/data/
App Dir -> /...
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CGI script won't run on Apache2
I'm running Apache2 on ubuntu 16.04,just installed it all fresh, and trying to run a CGI script on my site! I'm aware apache needs to be configured to run it. I've put my cgi-bin directory in var/www ...
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Linux Web Service Permissions
I am implementing my simple webservice in linux using Apache, CGI(C++) and Flat File(Data).
I kept my WWW location path in /usr/share/www/
CGI location path in /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
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Chmod 777 all the cgi files getting uploaded
In my ubuntu i have configured cgi in /var/www/html/webcgi so when files uploaded on that webcgi its not get executed , it shows me internal server error so i need to chmod. As webcgi is chowned www-...
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unable to work with cgi on ubuntu16.04 debian
I'm a newbie and trying to create the following simple cgi script and stored it in /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.py:
#!/usr/bin/python
print "Content-type: text/html"
print
print "<html>"
print "&...
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Apache2 Error when restarting
when i restart my apache2 i got this error's message
Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xe" for ...
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CGI scripts on Apache2 gives 403 forbidden when the CGI are in a linked folder
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 as a virtual machine. I have Apache2 2.4.18 installed.
I have a folder with cgi scripts that I want to use. To do that I placed a symlink to that folder in /usr/lib/cgi-bin.
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Ubuntu 14.04/Serverpilot running CGI Scripts
Got an odd Serverpilot query.
My client wants FTP access to a subfolder on the site - loathe to let them have full access so created a user with access to /home/FTPUSER and symlink to this from my /...
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How to Configure CGI in Ubuntu?
I am very new to Apache in Ubuntu. I recently installed Apache2 on Ubuntu and I am trying to configure CGI. I added the following lines in apache2.conf file:
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/router/cgi-...
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CGI does not execute the program [duplicate]
Newbie developer on Ubuntu I use the Eiffel language
I tried a simple example of the EiffelWeb library based on cgi-bin
I added to apache2.conf the following lines
<Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/&...
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Why do I see cgi source code on my webserver instead of its output?
In case 1, I cannot see the cgi script executed output in browser and see source code instead.
However, in case 2, with similar configuration i can see the cgi script executed output in browser.
Case ...
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How to run `chmod` command form script with sudo permissions?
I want the change the permissions of /dev/ttyACM0 from a script.
I have tried this command:
su -c "chmod -R 777 /dev/ttyACM*" -m "$user".
When I execute the script it is asking for a password. I ...
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Apache2.4.10 on Ubuntu returning Internal server error on running CGI scripts
I am running Apache/2.4.10 (Ubuntu) and I was trying to run CGI scripts with the following configurations.
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf
With the following
Mutex file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} default
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Perl .pl file downloads instead of being executed
I'm trying to get OTRS 4.0 working on Ubuntu 14.04. I've followed all instructions to install from source.
When I open the site (localhost/otrs/index.pl), an empty .pl-file is served for download. ...
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Running Binary cgi on apache2
How do I get apache2 to run binaries as cgi. I have a test page, that when I access it, it returns the error code 500 Internal Server Error, and there is an
"End of script output before headers"
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Apache configuration problems? Why Perl scripts can't be executed - browser download scripts
I've got wrong apache configuration. My script don't want to be executed and browser trying to download it as a file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName president.com
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http request to cgi python script successful, but the script doesn't seem to run [closed]
I have configured cgi scripts for my apache2 web server.
Here is what I want to do:
Client uploads the image to the server. (this already works)
On success, I want to execute the python script to ...
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Apache not rendering Bugzilla cgi
I've just tried to install Bugzilla on my machine for test purposes. I'm going to evaluate the Bugzilla REST API for a company i'm currently interning at. The problem is that when I go to http://...
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What modules do I need to run perl CGI with apache?
I have some CGI script using perl and I would like to make them work on Apache. I have the following installed :
$ dpkg -l | grep perl | grep apach
ii libapache-session-perl 1.90-1 ...
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Ubuntu 13.10 install php-fpm with apache 2.4
I tried multiple tutorials on how to install php-fpm (cgi) with apache2. None of them worked with 13.10. I even installed ubuntu completly new after each one. This is one for example:
How to configure ...
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Where do I get PHP-CGI binaries for Ubuntu?
I want to set up an Nginx or Apache server which is PHP-capable. In order to use multiple PHP versions in parallel I need to use CGI.
I can set up the CGI stuff, but where do I get PHP binaries from? ...
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Error in apache configuration
Initially my PHP was running well and after that when I installed perl CGI modules in order to run my CGI programs, there was problem.
From the local host, I am not able to compile my PhP files nor ...
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is this malcious traffic?
I was reviewing my server logs, when I came across several thousand this gem:
from a multiple IP addresses: My question is what is all this junk? what is this trying to execute? I am pretty sure that ...
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How do I enable CGI execution in the root directory of Apache
I have built an Ubuntu server and need to execute CGI scripts in the root directory. I keep finding tutorials on how to execute them from cgi-bin but that isn't desired in my situation. I've installed ...
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Are there any security problems to running an http server using Python's built in module?
I have a presentation to make to a few people. It's interactive with python CGI scripts. Are there any security problems with using python3 -m http.server --cgi 8000? Each person will be using their ...
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Smokeping web front end on Ubuntu 13.10
I have upgraded a PC from Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 to 13.10.
On 12.04 the URL to Smokeping web front end used to be http://localhost/smokeping/smokeping.cgi. After upgrading to 13.10 this does not work ...
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index.pl getting downloaded instead of executing on Ubuntu 12.04 and Apache 2.2.22
I have installed Apache 2.2.22 on Ubuntu 12.04. But in browser when I type localhost, it gives index.pl file to download instead of executing it.
What I tried:
1. chmod 755 index.pl
2. Adding line ...
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Unable to install a CGI script on Ubuntu
I'm trying to install CGIProxy on Ubuntu.
http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/install.html#install
Basically it's a single "nph-proxy.cgi" file which I placed in my /var/www folder.
I used ...
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Perl: problem with locales
I'm trying to install CGIProxy on my Ubuntu server and according to the instructions I have to:
Copy the file nph-proxy.cgi onto your Web server somewhere, but not at the top Web directory, or else ...
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How can I install php5-fpm and apache and configure the apache vhost?
I don't find a valid a description how can I install configure the apache vhost correctly. Can everybody help me?
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName webpage....
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How to get rid off - sudo: /usr/lib/sudo/sudoers.so must be only be writable by owner sudo: fatal error, unable to load plugins [duplicate]
I am trying to configure apache2 with cgi (python).
For that, I have to change permissions of some folders and files but I am getting sudo fatal errors every time I try to change the permission of a ...
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run sh script from browser
For a tiny task, I wish to execute a .sh script from within browser.
I have kept the .sh script in "/usr/lib/cgi-bin" directory.
The .sh file contains following code.
#!/bin/bash
echo "Content-type:...
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Internal Server Error 500 Bugzilla installation
I followed this tutorial in installing Bugzilla, I didn't encounter any problem not until I hit localhost/bugzilla in the URL. My sites-available/default config is as follows:
#ScriptAlias /cgi-...
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Local cgi server
I'm doing some python cgi programming and was wondering if there was a script for running cgi instead of having to install an entire LAMP server for doing it. I've been using CGIHTTPServer but it ...
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Which free software can you use to create rotating 3D Spacefill models of molecules in .gif format?
An example of what I'm talking about is this animation from Wikipedia. I am running 32 bit 12.10 if it is relevant. Please describe step-by-step, with pictures (screenshots with the appropriate areas (...
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how to install c++ fastcgi development library?
I can't seem to find anything on this.
I know apt-get install, but I don't know the name of the package for the standard c++ fastcgi development library.
What is it?
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libapache2-mod-fastcgi "not available"
I've been here http://www.howtoforge.com/using-php5-fpm-with-apache2-on-ubuntu-12.10 and here http://www.versatilewebsolutions.com/blog/2012/11/installing-apache-2-with-php-fastcgi-on-ubuntu-12-10....
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Basic instructions for running a CGI script inside Apache on Ubuntu 12.04?
I try to run a cgi-script on my webserver (Ubuntu 12.04).
But always when I type the URL in my Browser I get an Error Message "404 Not Found"
I tried to install the CGI-Mod for Apache2 but all the ...
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Cannot run cgi as httpd.conf is empty!
For help I checked out these links:
This This and This
I have an empty httpd.conf file but apache2.conf is not and the formats and tags in apache2.conf are similar to what httpd.conf has in windows ...
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nagios on virtualhost cgi problems
I have been moving my nagios on apaches virtualhost and adding the following configuration file
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName nagios.example.com
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