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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Triggering my Unix script.... Post 302225689 by buffoonix on Saturday 16th of August 2008 01:15:51 PM
Old 08-16-2008
Your CGI script will have to be executed by your web server.
You wrote you were using Apache.
So it depends how you configured your Apache.
I assume you haven't compiled a static Apache from the sources yourself
and mod_cgi gets loaded by default.
If I remember correctly you can query the httpd binary for what modules it would load with the current config.
(sorry, haven't got an Apache set up on my current surf box to confirm)
with something like (note, your path may vary)
Code:
# /usr/sbin/httpd -t -DDUMP_MODULES 2>&1 | grep cgi

Usually in the global section or within a vhost context of httpd.conf one would define a
ScriptAlias directory.
But it is also viable to set ExecCGI within a Directory context.
But the 1st being the more common method you will have to look up what path
your ScriptAlias points to.
(again, depending on your Unix/Linux the path to httpd.conf may deviate)
Try
Code:
# grep -i ^[^#]*scriptalias /etc/httpd/httpd.conf

The 2nd parameter to the ScriptAlias directive denotes the directory
where you must place your CGI scripts in.
The script doesn't necessarily have to be owned by the user that runs your Apache
(see what User is set to in the httpd.conf)
but it must be executable by this user (usually # chmod +x script.cgi will do.
But remeber, whatever the script will do must be permitted to the Apache user.
Then restart your web server (or send the parent httpd a SIGUSR1 or SIGHUP),
open a browser and point it to your CGI script in the URL of your ScriptAlias,
this time the URI path must be the first argument from the ScriptAlias directive,
often something like http://your.webserver.fqdn/cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi
Last edited by buffoonix; 08-16-2008 at 02:22 PM..
 

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apache(1M)						  System Administration Commands						apache(1M)

NAME

       apache - Apache hypertext transfer protocol server overview

DESCRIPTION

	apache	consists  of a main server daemon, loadable server modules, some additional support utilities, configuration files, and documenta-
       tion.

FILES

       The apache HTTPD server is integrated with Solaris.

       The following files specify the installation locations for apache:

       /etc/apache	       Contains server configuration files.

			       A newly-installed server must be manually configured before use. Typically this involves copying httpd.conf-example
			       to the httpd.conf file and making local configuration adjustments.

       /usr/apache/bin	       Contains the httpd executable as well as other utility programs.

       /usr/apache/htdocs      Contains  the  Apache  manual  in HTML format. This documentation is accessible by way of a link on the server test
			       page that gets installed upon fresh installation.

       /usr/apache/include     Contains the Apache header files, which are needed for building various optional server extensions with apxs(8)

       /usr/apache/jserv       Contains documention for the mod_jserv java servlet module. Documention can be read with a web  browser	using  the
			       url:

			       file:/usr/apache/jserv/docs/index.html

       /usr/apache/libexec     Contains loadable modules (DSOs) supplied with the server. Any modules which are added using apxs(8)are also copied
			       into this directory.

       /usr/apache/man	       Contains man pages for the server, utility programs, and mod_perl.

			       Add this directory to your MANPATH to read the Apache man pages. See NOTES.

       /usr/apache/perl5       Contains the modules and library files used by the mod_perl extension to Apache.

       /var/apache/cgi-bin     Default location for the CGI scripts.

			       This can be changed by altering the httpd.conf file and restarting the server.

       /var/apache/htdocs      Default document root.

			       This can be changed by altering the httpd.conf file and restarting the server.

       /var/apache/icons       Icons used by the server.

			       This normally shouldn't need to be changed.

       /var/apache/logs        Contains server log files.

			       The formats, names, and locations of the files in this directory can be altered by various configuration directives
			       in the httpd.conf file.

       /var/apache/proxy       Directory used to cache pages if the caching feature of mod_proxy is enabled in the httpd.conf file.

			       The location of the cache can also be changed by changing the proxy configuration in the httpd.conf file.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWapchr 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |			     |SUNWapchu 		   |
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SEE ALSO

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NOTES

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