CGI configuration help requested

[1/8] from: dlmayer::flashcom::net at: 14-Nov-2000 12:14

Sure would appreciate some help in properly configuring my server so that I can invoke Rebol scripts from the web. My web host provider is running BSDI and Apache. I have access to the .htaccess file, but not the srm.conf file. I have added the following line to the .htaccess file: AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .r I have put a test file,test.r, in my cgibin and permissioned it -rwxr-xr-x. For some reason my cgibin is not hyphenated like cgi-bin, it is just cgibin. I know Rebol works as I can telnet into my site and run it. When I point my browser at test.r I get the following error message: The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. The following is from my log: [14/Nov/2000:11:19:24 -0500] "GET /cgibin/test.r HTTP/1.1" 500 529 My test script is: #!/rebol/rebol --cgi REBOL [] print{ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//SoftQuad Software//DTD HoTMetaL PRO 6.0::19990601::extensions to HTML 4.0//EN" "hmpro6.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE></TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> It works! Hurrah!! </BODY> </HTML> } Does anyone see what I need to correct? Thanks... Doug Mayer

[2/8] from: sterling:rebol at: 14-Nov-2000 10:31

As wit hall CGI programs, you'll need to print out hte content-type before you print anything else out. Then there must be an empty line before any other text... see corrected cgi script quoted below. Sterling

> Sure would appreciate some help in properly configuring my server so that I can invoke Rebol scripts from the web. > My web host provider is running BSDI and Apache. I have access to the .htaccess file, but not the srm.conf file. I have added the following line to the .htaccess file:

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> The following is from my log: > [14/Nov/2000:11:19:24 -0500] "GET /cgibin/test.r HTTP/1.1" 500 529

Notice the "content-type: text/html" followed by a newline. If REBOL is being spawned at the CGI request with this script properly then the only problem was the incomplete content-type header and it should work fine. If this doesn't fix it, then you still have some problem. Check the Apache error.log file to see if it tells you anything useful. Corrected script here:

[3/8] from: andyyork:gte at: 14-Oct-2000 13:44

try #!/rebol/rebol -cs

[4/8] from: dlmayer:flashcom at: 14-Nov-2000 14:35

Thank you Andy York and Sterling for your suggestions. Unfortunately neither of them corrected the situation. I really believe that the problem resides with the configurations settings. To get php4 to work tech support told me to add the following to my .htaccess file: Action php4-script /cgibin/php4 AddHandler php4-script .php4 AddHandler php4-script .php After that, php4 worked fine. I wonder if there are settings like the above that I need to do for Rebol. I appreciate your continuing help. ... Doug Mayer ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Mayer <[dlmayer--flashcom--net]> To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 12:14 PM Subject: [REBOL] CGI configuration help requested Sure would appreciate some help in properly configuring my server so that I can invoke Rebol scripts from the web. My web host provider is running BSDI and Apache. I have access to the .htaccess file, but not the srm.conf file. I have added the following line to the .htaccess file: AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .r I have put a test file,test.r, in my cgibin and permissioned it -rwxr-xr-x. For some reason my cgibin is not hyphenated like cgi-bin, it is just cgibin. I know Rebol works as I can telnet into my site and run it. When I point my browser at test.r I get the following error message: The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. The following is from my log: [14/Nov/2000:11:19:24 -0500] "GET /cgibin/test.r HTTP/1.1" 500 529 My test script is: #!/rebol/rebol --cgi REBOL [] print{ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//SoftQuad Software//DTD HoTMetaL PRO 6.0::19990601::extensions to HTML 4.0//EN" "hmpro6.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE></TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> It works! Hurrah!! </BODY> </HTML> } Does anyone see what I need to correct? Thanks... Doug Mayer

[5/8] from: tim:johnsons-web at: 14-Nov-2000 11:54

Hi Douglas: When the sysop for my domain installed the rebol binary (RH 6.0 machine) I do not believe that he edited apache config files at all.... However, for testing on my machine, I have the following line: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .py .r Just a simple suggestion for your script: Try a script with the following: three lines only: (and of course, edit /usr/bin/ if the rebol binary is on a different path) ;====================================== #!/usr/bin/rebol -cs REBOL [] print "Content-Type: text/html^/^/" ;=using the extra carriage return shouldn't hurt. ;=idea is to start with minimum verbosity Douglas Mayer wrote:

[6/8] from: rebol:svendx:dk at: 15-Nov-2000 0:42

Hello Douglas, I resently installed FreeBSD on our home server, and had Apache display the exact same error message. I found the problem to be that the REBOL binary wasn't executable by 'others', and since Apache tried to run REBOL as 'nobody' it failed. For me, the problem disapeared when I gave 'others' 'execute' right to rebol. Best regards Thomas Jensen On 14-Nov-00, you wrote:

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> Thanks... > Doug Mayer

Best regards Thomas Jensen

[7/8] from: ingo:2b1 at: 14-Nov-2000 23:51

Hi Douglas, two ideas ... - are you sure the path is alright? can sometimes be tricky - try renaming to test.cgi I hope that helps, Ingo Once upon a time Douglas Mayer spoketh thus:

[8/8] from: dlmayer:flashcom at: 14-Nov-2000 23:06

Thank you Ingo Hohmann, Thomas Jensen, Tim Johnson, Sterling, and Andy York for helping out a newbie. My cgi call is working right now. The problem was twofold - having the correct print statement (content-type: text/html) and the path to Rebol. ...Doug

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