cgi on Cobalt RaQ

**ScotsPine** · 16 June 2002, 14:06

sorry x, don't know the stuff....serves you right for using an outdated, outclassed technology

but thoughts...what account is executing the script? are permissions set on the server as well at dir level? what server is it?

**Mark Snowdon** · 16 June 2002, 14:50

I am not familiar with the raq - but most common problem with people writing cgi code is the lack of a http header. My guess is that in debug mode it puts a false header on to allow you to see all your headers ?

HTML is the format of the output document, but the delivery mechanism is http, which provides a header which allows among other things errors, redirects etc.

Typical format (Its about 4 years since I last did this - so forgive me if I am in error ) would be a response code 200 being OK (5xx are redirects, 4xx are errors, 2xx is it worked, plus others), protocol version and message then a mime content type, then a blank line followed by your output.

So :

200 HTTP/1.1 OK
Content-type: text/html

(HTML)
(BODY)
your current program output is everything from the (HTML) to the (/html) inclusive - using () because I dont thing ezboard allows html type tags in messages.
for cgi it needs to also provide the header
...
(/BODY)
(/HTML)

If you try doing a telnet to a web server on port 80 and type get index.html (return) you will see the header as well as the output.
http has lots of other headers defined but I think that this is the absolute mimimum

modify your code to do

print "200 HTTP/1.1 OK\nContent-type: text/html\n\n"

(actually might need \n\r - cant remember...)

The header is interpreted by the web browser and allows it to decide how to process the following data stream. You might need a Content-length: header as well - but I think that is optional these days most browsers should just take what they get

**xoggoth** · 16 June 2002, 16:52

Ta guys - will give it a try.

I'm using outdated technology??? it all seemed spiffingly new fangled to me, didn't even have to feed the paper tape in first.

**AEuropean** · 17 June 2002, 08:15

It's a perfectly simple error message, the permission denied most likely refers to the web server not being able to read or execute the cgi script. I'd suggest you get a shell prompt up and look at the permission and set it to 555 or something similar. This is UNIX-like, and this "outdated and outclassed" technology actually has some security which has I understand has been removed from more modern technology in the interest of improved ease of use.

**ScotsPine** · 17 June 2002, 11:38

"This is UNIX-like, and this "outdated and outclassed" technology actually has some security which has I understand has been removed from more modern technology in the interest of improved ease of use. "
ah, i see!

**ftveed** · 17 June 2002, 22:58

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**ftveed** · 17 June 2002, 23:01

RE:cgi on Cobalt RaQ

Sorry about the previouse. Bugger, this technology

Try swapping your script extensions

PL > CGI or
CGI > PL

**AEuropean** · 18 June 2002, 09:22

Re: RE:cgi on Cobalt RaQ

curious, why would the file extension make any difference? Surely, this, as I pointed out already, is UNIX and the interpreter loaded is really going to depend on the shell magic ? And, I see that the cgi has the exec magic.

Are you thinking of windoze and some weird file association thing from the registry?

**Mark Snowdon** · 18 June 2002, 16:44

Come on xogoth - we are all on tenterhooks !

Is it working yet - what was the problem ?

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