Red Hat Linux 9.0 Clean Install
- The Whole Enchilada
Last updated: 5/21/03
Perl
Made the following directory with owner lbyard, group lbyard, and 755 permissions:
/home/lbyard/duxcw/cgi-bin
(You could configure Apache to put the cgi-bin directory directly off lbyard
or elsewhere for greater security.)
Made (copy and paste) the following test file with gedit and save it in your
cgi-bin (mine is /home/lbyard/duxcw/cgi-bin/).
Changed the permissions to 777 (It won't work if it can't at least be read
and executed). The owner of the file must be the same as the owner of the directory
it is in. I made owner and group lbyard. Named it test.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<HTML><HEAD>";
print "<TITLE>Perl/CGI Test</TITLE>";
print "</HEAD><BODY>";
print "Perl and CGI scripts work!";
print "</BODY></HTML>";
(Perl is very fussy about text files. If this doesn't work, paste it
into a pure text editor and save it again. Always use the ftp ASCII transfer
mode when moving Perl files across the Internet, etc.)
Tested the script at the prompt as root in the terminal window on Linex with...
cd /home/lbyard/duxcw/cgi-bin
/usr/bin/perl /home/ test.pl
It produced this:
Perl and CGI scripts work!
Tested it from a browser on the Windows Me computer typing the following in
the Address box:
http://192.168.123.2/cgi-bin/test.pl
That produced this:
Perl and CGI scripts work!
Perl is up!
If you see the actual code, it didn't work. Have fun (start here: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/).
I certainly did for longer than I will admit in previous attempts (one
of the reasons I wrote the RH
7.3 install log). I can absolutely assure you that what you see above
is the actual configuration and text.pl file that works on my server--regardless
of what else you may see on the Internet. The rest of the httpd.conf was
as it was when the install was done (virgin).
Shutdown Linux
Power-up
Logged-in as lbyard
Believe me and what you read about routinely logging in as root to use Linux. It
is easier than most think to wipe-out a working Linux install with one user
error. Login in as root only when it is absolutely necessary.
(Don't forget to go back into the CMOS Setup and change the boot sequence
to floppy, hard disk, etc.)
For more "fun" and to "properly" complete the installation
see https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh9-errata.html.
Larry
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