tlug: apache and cgi-scripts

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Hi,
I am using the apache httpd server and am trying to enable cgi-script 
execution. I edited the srm.conf file and added :
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/lib/httpd/cgi-bin/
as well as the access.conf, where I added:

<Directory /var/lib/httpd/cgi-bin>
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI

order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

Then I put the following into the server homepage:
<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/counter.cgi"-->

counter.cgi:
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
$datecom = '/bin/date';
$date = `$datecom +"%r on %A, %B %d, %Y %Z"`;

open (DATA, "counter.data");
$counter = <DATA>;
close (DATA);

$counter++;

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<p><b>The current time is:</b>  <i>$date</i>\n";
print "<p><h2>You are visitor number $counter .</h2>";

open (OUTPUT, ">counter.data");
print (OUTPUT "$counter");
close (OUTPUT);

I set all the permissions on the script and the counter.data file and
I tested the script manually and it works, but it is not executed when
the page is accessed.

Any ideas whats missing?

Marcus

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Toho University
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Japan

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