[plug] Apache Setup

[Kenworthy Family]

Enabled apache and just typed "localhost" into the browser and it worked fine.
Also works when I type just "Ralph", the machine name.  Found index.html
automatically in each case.  I used it to debug perl scripts for some assignments
a few weeks ago.  Had to get the first line of the cgi script ("!/usr/bin/perl" ,
in my case) to point to the perl executable and make sure the cgi scripts are in
"/home/httpd/cgi-bin" and html is in "/home/httpd/http".  Also perl choked on dos
carriage returns.  Comes back as a cryptic "premature end of header" error
message.  Convert em to unix linefeeds and its a goer.

BillK

Garry wrote:

> Hope this is not too off-topic..
>
> I was wondering if anyone has experience using Apache for testing cgi scripts
> locally.
>
> I have installed it on my NT machine (v 1.3.9), and as that has not been
> successful I'll turn to Linux.. Thought the NT would have been easier!
>
> OK, I have the 1.3.9 source, and will install it. What I'd like to know, is
> how do I get a response on http://localhost/   ? As the NT version doesn't
> work, I don't think I'll get the Linux one going either.
> On NT, I was getting a page from 127.0.0.1 saying that the configuration
> files need looking at, but have been unable to find the info needed! The NT
> installation is in the default location of c:\program files\apache
> group\apache...
>
> My scripts will be stored in the  c:\shellcgi  directory, but I don't think
> the basic Apache setup is right yet.
>
> Is anyone able to shed light on the Apache config setup please?
>
> Garry.