I just want to run an executable program.

Hello,

Can someone tell me how I can get Apapache to run a C program
that I've compiled as a cgi-bin program?

I've given up on PHP since mod_php isn't not even included
with my distro. In the time I've wasted trying to get
PHP running, only to realize mod_php isn't even in the
php tarball, I could have finished a C equivalent of
my project.

But now I need to make that runnable. Can someone
explain what the quick answer is to running C code as
cgi-bin?

Thanks.

On 26 Jun 2005 06:39:10 -0700, yarmfelder@yahoo.com <yarmfelder@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> Hello,

Hi,

>
> But now I need to make that runnable. Can someone
> explain what the quick answer is to running C code as
> cgi-bin?

Well the quick answer is that you'd basically drop the binary into your
webservers cgi-bin dir and make sure it's executable.

You'll need to have mod_cgi enabled in your Apache along with some
configuration directives:
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /path/to/your/cgi-bin/
<Directory "/path/to/your//cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options ExecCGI
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

This might help as well:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/c...chetopermitcgi

Cheers,
Tero