Apache mod_actions

Hi,
I have tried to setup apache with mod_actions so that when a page is requested e.g test.pl my cgi script is run and the results are returned to who ever requested the page.

In my virtual host i have added the following settings:

Code:

Action perlfiles /home/admin/test.cgi
AddHandler perlfiles .pl

the cgi contains the following:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
echo "HELLO THIS WORKS :)";

I then made a file test.pl and when i go to that file in my browser i get very weirdly a 404 error

Code:

Not Found
The requested URL /home/admin/test.cgi /test.pl was not found on this server.

If i remove this Action perlfiles /home/admin/test.cgi from the configuration then i do not get the 404 error, but my script does not run.

Any ideas how i could fix this problem?
I would really appreicate any help,
Thanks,
Alex

 

I don't know why the 404 but shouldn't the cgi script contain
#!/bin/perl ?
How about file permissions ?

 

The file is owned by the apache user and has execute permissions for all users

Code:

shouldn't the cgi script contain
#!/bin/perl ?

i dont actually want to run the perl script at the moment, i just want all perl scripts to output HELLO THIS WORKS for now

 

Any errors in Apache's error log?

 

I just checked it, and when i request the page i get the following error:

Code:

[Mon Feb 18 15:49:27 2008] [error] [client 192.168.1.10] script '/home/admin/sharedip/home' not found or unable to stat

the errors are very weird

 

Can you post your vhost configuration?

 

Sure:

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot /home/admin/sharedip
Options -Indexes IncludesNoExec
php_admin_value open_basedir /home/admin/sharedip
<Directory /home/admin/sharedip>
allow from all
</Directory>

# Perl Interpretter Settings
Action perlfiles "/home/admin/test.cgi "
AddHandler perlfiles .pl

</VirtualHost>

 

Dont worry any more, problem solved, thanks for all your help

 

What was the problem?

 

You have to set up a script alias first