[wplug] cgi_bin in Apache 2

abe rolick571 at duq.edu
Wed Jan 22 17:48:31 EST 2003


> We all know that apache defaults to /var/www/html ... And cgi_bin is in
> /www ... I don't understand how you are supposed to get at the stuff in
> your cgi_bin, though, considering that it is one directory BEHIND the
> directory that it looks for documents in.
> 
> I figure you can move cgi_bin into the /html directory but I still have
> that "they know best" newbie feeling and I think there must be some
> reason they did it like this

your script directory can lie anywhere, provided httpd has read access to that directory.  it is referenced in your httpd.conf and therefore doesn't have to lie within html (htdocs on some).  check your /var/www/conf/httpd.conf (i'm assuming) for more details ... or the docs of course.


coldie



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