CGIs with Apache on Debian

[Cory Spitz]

Dennis had a bright idea.  He told me to take the httpd.conf file form
the Mandrake box and move it to the Debian box.  I hacked it up a little
to reflect what the Debian box has and it still doesn't work.  When I
add:

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

it doesn't get executed and I get 500 Internal Server Error.  When I
isntall cgiwrap (just like I have on the Mandrake box) and try to add:

AddHandler cgiwrapper .cgi
Action cgiwrapper /cgi-bin/cgiwrap

I get this error on apachectl configtest:

Syntax error on line 889 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf:
Invalid command 'Action', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not
included in the server configuration

Why doesn't this work on Debian?

Thanks
-Cory

Cory Spitz wrote:
> 
> Hey all,
> I've got CGIs running with Apache on a Mandrake system allright.  Now,
> I'd like to get them to work on a Debain system.
> 
> I did an 'apt-get install apache'
> 
> This set up everything ok, but I can't run CGIs in ~username/cgi-bin,
> which I can do on my Mandrake box.  I basically lifted the config
> settings from one to the other but it's a no go.  I get "Forbidden, you
> don't have permission....."  I must be missing something here.  I've got
> a <Directory /home/spitzcor/web/cgi> Options +ExecCGI> and I've got
> AddHandler script-cgi .cgi.  I don't know what else to do.  What do I
> need to add to the default intall after apt-get intall apache to make
> this work.  Thanks a lot.
> 
> -Cory
> 
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