I have an Apache 2.0 server that I'm trying to set up to serve CGI files. <BR><BR>I have a sciptalias set up that points all URL's with the path /cgi-bin/ to the /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/ directory.

OK, here's the setup:<br>Mandrake 8.2<br>document root /var/www/html/<br>cgi directory /var/www/cgi-bin<br>root owns the cgi directory, with 755 permissions<br>apache owns the html directory, with 755 ...

The CGI (Common Gateway Interface) defines a way for a web server to interact with external content-generating programs, which are often referred to as CGI programs or CGI scripts. It is the simplest, ...

Jack Wallen explains why you'd want to enable the Common Gateway Interface on an Apache server and then shows how to do it. It’s time to go a little old-school and lay out how to enable the Common ...