Cannot run cgi, show plain text only (Ubuntu 13.10 Apache 2.4)
apache, cgi, perl, ubuntu
Solution
Try with this command:
sudo a2enmod cgi
Then restart apache!
Problem
I just install Ubuntu 13.10 and I am trying to install Apache. But when I tried to run a perl file in cgi-bin, the browser showed only plain text. My default.conf of Apache is below: ``` AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options +Indexes +ExecCGI +MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch #Order allow,deny Require all granted Allow from all </Directory> ``` This is my perl cgi file: ``` #!/usr/bin/perl print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "<html>\n"; print "<title> PERL CGI</title>\n"; print "<body>"; print "hello perl-cgi!!!!!!!"; print "</body>"; print "</html>\n"; ``` I have turned on the Handler in mime.conf The file is in /usr/lib/cgi-bin, and I run it as http not file:///. I have also installed mod_perl. I am new to Apache. I have searched for several hours, try endless Apache configurations, read Apache document but still cannot solve it. Is it because the "+ExecCGI" code has some problem? I saw another person also meet similar problem after updating Ubuntu 12.04 to 13.10. Maybe Ubuntu is the problem? Please help. The Apache configuration and Ubuntu permission almost drive me mad.