Re: [users@httpd] Perl, CGI and Apache

[Joshua Slive <joshua@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Wendy Moore wrote:
> I've changed the httpd.conf
>
>     ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "d:/WebDEV/Apache/cgi-bin/"
>
>
>     <Directory "d:/WebDEV/Apache/cgi-bin/">
>         AllowOverride None
>         Options ExecCGI
>         Order allow,deny
>         Allow from all
>     </Directory>
>
>     AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
>
>
> When taking the URL: http://apollo/cgi-bin/printenv.pl , it will
> download a file printenv.pl
>
> which contains the output of the perlscript. It works correctly if I
> change the extention from .pl to .cgi.
>
> How can I configure Apache so I don't need to change the extention?

First the answer to your question: This has nothing to do with apache.  It
is MSIE that is violating the HTTP standard and deciding how to handle the
content based on extension rather than mime-type.  See:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#ie-ignores-mime

Second: You have a bunch of superfluous stuff.  The ScriptAlias sets the
correct options and handler for you, so you don't need the "Options
ExecCGI" or the "AddHandler" directive.

Joshua.

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