From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 20 23:39:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA07143 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:39:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu (arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu [130.126.72.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA07134 for ; Fri, 20 Mar 1998 23:39:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dannyman@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu) Received: (from dannyman@localhost) by arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.5) id BAA08348; Sat, 21 Mar 1998 01:39:59 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980321013959.33088@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 01:39:59 -0600 From: dannyman To: ken@mui.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cgi References: <199803210229.QAA02265@rocksalt.mui.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199803210229.QAA02265@rocksalt.mui.net>; from ken@mui.net on Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 04:25:00PM +0000 X-Loop: djhoward@uiuc.edu X-URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 04:25:00PM +0000, ken@mui.net wrote: > This may not be the right location for this question, but it's basic > enough I think for someone to bother answering it ... > > I've installed some cgi-scripts, but have noticed the following > symptoms. > > When it calls the cgi script, rather than executing the script, it > downloads it as a text file. > > uh .... any ideas? does it have to do with the "permissions" set? > > Thanks in advance.... You wanna check out Apache - the web server. http://www.apache.org/ Also, cruise around Deja News to find some appropriate newsgroups where someone can give you a hand. -dan -- //Dan -=- This message brought to you by djhoward@uiuc.edu -=- \\/yori -=- Information - http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ -=- aiokomete -=- Our Honored Symbol deserves an Honorable Retirement To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message