setting up perl cgi in apache

[theju112]

dear guys i have to prepare urgently for a lab exam. i want to store and run perl scripts from the following directory: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs. i have already installed active perl.but the problem is that the script is being displayed like html content.i have already tried including the options +ExecCGI. but no use. can somebody please modify the file below so that i can run .pl files stored in htpdocs directory in a browser ?

ServerRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2"


Listen 80


LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule asis_module modules/mod_asis.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
LoadModule isapi_module modules/mod_isapi.so
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so

<IfModule !mpm_netware_module>
<IfModule !mpm_winnt_module>
User daemon
Group daemon

</IfModule>
</IfModule>

ServerAdmin [e-mail]

DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/ht
+docs"

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI 
options +ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>


<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdo
+cs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks 
Options +ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Options ExecCGI 
</Directory>

<IfModule dir_module>
Options ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex index121.html
</IfModule>

<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</FilesMatch>

ErrorLog "logs/error.log"

LogLevel warn

<IfModule log_config_module>
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\
+"" combined
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common

<IfModule logio_module>
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\
+" %I %O" combinedio
</IfModule>

CustomLog "logs/access.log" common

</IfModule>

<IfModule alias_module>


ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apa
+che2.2/cgi-bin/"

</IfModule>

<IfModule cgid_module>
</IfModule>

<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-
+bin">
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
options +ExecCGI
</Directory>



DefaultType text/plain

<IfModule mime_module>
TypesConfig conf/mime.types

AddType application/x-compress .Z
AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
</IfModule>

[ww]

Sorry; your "urgently" (aka 'lack of prep?') is not my emergency.

More important, your request is easily enough answered by hundreds of Apache-related resources on the net.

Update: fixed: "net" rather than "next." TY, marto.

[Anonymous Monk]

Can't see the addhandler directive anywhere in the above.

[remiah]

As Anonymous Monk says, AddHander,SetHander or ScriptAlias is needed for cgi execution.

This is FAQ of apache (How do I enable CGI execution in directories other than the ScriptAlias? ).

You will see nothing in error.log message in this case because apache shows its content normally.

[DrHyde]

My grandmother used to tell me "more haste, less speed". And she was right. I - and my grandmother - therefore recommend not preparing urgently.

[sundialsvc4]

At the risk of stating the very obvious, this is what “lab exams” are for.   For you to figure out the solution for yourself.   For you to learn what resources are already available on the net and where to find them.   (Hint:   this isn’t the place.)   And for you to learn how to manage your time so that you are not racing around like a proverbial headless chicken at the proverbial eleventh hour.   Yes, sometimes a test teaches you most when you fail one.   Experience is the best teacher, but she teaches at the school of hard knocks.