Running Server Side Perl Scripts

**brass** · 04-30-2006, 07:56 PM

I have been able to run PHP Server Side Scripts on Apache using the Knoppix Live CD. But cannot run Server Side Perl Scripts. I cannot save a Perl Script in the cgi-bin directory, it is READ ONLY. I have tried changing the File Permissions from the Root Shell but have had NO Luck.

Is there a way to run Server Side Perl Scripts from the Live CD ?

**markpreston** · 04-30-2006, 09:30 PM

Hi,
Re: perl and bash scripts.
You need to be root to do this.
Use whatever text editor you prefer out of those available (gedit, kate, kwrite, emacs and vim).
Create a file as root with the following.
Code:

#!/bin/bash

printf "Content-type:text/html\r\n\r\n";
printf "<html>hello world</html>\r\n";

This bash script should be saved as hello.cgi and saved in the /usr/lib/cgi-bin directory.
It also needs to be made executable for all users:
At the root prompt type
chmod 755 /usr/lib/cgi-bin/hello.cgi
Then visit the file with a browser e.g. mozilla
http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/hello.cgi

Once this works you can do the same for perl. This time saving the file as hello.pl
and using the following code:
Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";
print "<html>hello world</html>\n";

Once you have got these two programs going then you have a wide choice to start open source web programming under Knoppix Debian/Gnu/Linux.
Regards,
Mark
See also
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19300

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