I have a share ( intranet ) set up as html and the website works great for html but will not execute .pl or cgi files. http://IPaddress/intranet/cgi-bin/helloworld.html Forbidden You don't have permission to access /intranet/cgi-bin/helloworld.pl on this server.I've checked via SSH that perl is installed and working and the script runs from the shell command correctly: nas:/# cd intranet/cgi-bin nas:/intranet/cgi-bin# perl helloworld.pl Content-type: text/html <H1>Hello World</H1>I found a note in the forum suggesting that cgi/perl is not active by default on shares but did not include instruction how to modify this setting. Does anyone know whether this is possible and if so what I need to do to enable scrips to run ?Thanks in advance.

What happens if you call the URLhttp://IPaddress/intranet/cgi-bin/helloworld.plwith your browser?Also, cgi-bin directories have to be set up in a special way like for example putting<Location /intranet/cgi-bin> Options ExecCGI</Location>somewhere into your vhost confiuration.-Stefan

Hi Stefanthe URL results in the Forbidden error as shown above.I've not configured an Apache server before so am not sure where to find Vhosts. I have located a nas:/etc/frontview/apache/Virtual.conf which contains: SSLEngine off RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^/$ /intranet [R,L] RewriteRule ^/admin/(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/admin/$1 [R,L]Is this the file you mean ?

okay, I've tried adding the lines suggested <Location /intranet/cgi-bin> Options ExecCGI</Location>to nas:/etc/frontview/apache/httpd.conf then stoppied / restarting the http service but the problem remains the same.

Sorry I didn't get notified of your replies to my post.I guess there's something substantially wrong with your configuration of the files you want to display/call through Apache. It would help if you could post your setup as detailled as possible since especially the setup for the Apache server leaves a lot of room to do something the wrong way.-Stefan

Its all at default settings with the exception of having the 'intranet' share set for http/s as read only and targetted as the default web access with authentication disabled in the services area. These settings were done using the frontview GUI - ie: I have not changed anything from the shell access related to Apache other than attempting the fix you suggested but I have put that back to normal now.As I said, I'm no expert on Apache so please clarify which files would you like me to post here for you ? Regards

Enable Perl / CGI on NV+ shared HTML directory

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WhoCares_

Mentor

Nov 17, 2010

winsbury wrote:
Whocares? wrote:
httpd.conf will get overwritten on Firmware updates

yes this is quite true and quite a problem - especially since there are other changes to this file needed for wordpress / php / phplists and similar other popular add-ons. My solution is to carefully document all changes made to such files so that they can be repeated later if necessary but it would be MUCH neater if some level of customisation could be tollerated and still allow standard upgrades.

Working on that, albeit from a *very* different angle ;)

winsbury wrote:
Whocares? wrote:
It will actually restart apache

I must admit I didnt test this aspect very thoroughly and certainly didnt restart the browser or flush the cache, so you are probably right.

It's not really important, I just wanted to clarify a bit on your otherwise fine mini-tutorial.

winsbury wrote:
Assuming the steps are done correctly first time (...)

winsbury wrote:
Assuming the steps are done correctly first time (...)

Yeah, been there, too ;)

-Stefan

Numptyness
Aspirant
Sep 22, 2012
Having been round this loop a few times, repeating after each upgrade for the ReadyNAS, I think I've found the simplest solution.

Create a file called /etc/frontview/apache/addons/cgi.conf with one line:
ScriptAlias /website/cgi-bin/ /c/website/cgi-bin/

(Your paths may differ)
This file should get picked up by httpd.conf via an Include statement as outlined in previous posts.

See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias for documentation.
ScriptAlias URL-path file-path|directory-path

Any good?

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