Re: [vox-tech] cgi-bin in user home dirs

[Ken Bloom <MAPSkabloom@ucdavis.edu>]

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> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:09:07 -0800 (PST)
> From: Jim Angstadt <jimajima9@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] cgi-bin in user home dirs
> To: vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
> Reply-To: vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
> 
> 
> --- Tim Riley <timriley@timriley.net> wrote:
> > Jim Angstadt wrote:
> > > I'm trying to allow user accounts to have their own
> > > cgi-bin directory on a RH 7.2, apache box at my home.
> > >
> > > For testing, I have file test.cgi.
> > > (See below for file and permissions.)
> > >
> > > When the file is placed in /var/www/cgi-bin it works.
> > > Meaning, when I open a browser and key in
> > >    http://localhost/cgi-bin/test.cgi
> > > I see "Hello There".
> > >
> > > When placed in /home/ja/public_html/cgi-bin it does
> > > not work.  When I key in
> > >    http://localhost/~ja/cgi-bin/test.cgi
> > > I have gotten either of two responses
> > >    1. the script text
> > >    2. an error msg: "Forbidden You don't have
> > >    permission to access /~ja/cgi-bin/test.cgi
> > >    on this server.
> > 
> > I've never done this, but based upon the Apache
> > configuration file syntax, this should be possible.
> > Note: this might be close but not exact.
> > 
> > Edit httpd.conf (mine's in /etc/httpd/conf)
> > Got to the line that says: ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/
> > "/var/www/cgi-bin/"
> > Below it add a new line that says: ScriptAlias
> > /cgi-ja/
> > "/home/ja/cgi-bin/"
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> Thanks for the help.  I added both items to 
> httpd.conf and then restarted httpd.  Then I 
> keyed http://localhost/~ja/cgi-ja/test.cgi into
> the browser location bar and got a "Not Found" 
> response.
> 
> Thinking the cgi-bin dir should be directly 
> under /home/ja, I moved it there, restarted 
> httpt, and got the same "Not Found" msg.
> 
> Then I changed the Options line of the new block
> to read: Options none ExecCGI
> and restarted httpd.  Nope.
> 
> Likewise for just: Options ExecCGI
> 
> It's gotta be something simple I'm missing.

Tim wasn't quite sure what he was trying to do, and he said that. He 
gave you instructions to access http://localhost/cgi-ja/ as a cgi-bin 
directory. You are trying to access http://localhost/~ja/cgi-bin/

Now I'm also shooting in the dark here (I don't use Apache, but I looked 
through the documentation to see what the solution might be. I suggest 
you check out my suggestion in the documentation yourself.) but it looks 
like the solution is to say something along the lines of

<Directory /home/*/cgi-bin/>
	Options ExecCGI
</Directory>

CHECK THIS OUT IN THE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE YOU DO IT. I KNOW NOTHING 
ABOUT APACHE AND CANNOT BE SURE THAT THIS WILL WORK. Specifically, I'm 
not entirely certain that the Options line is correct.

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