On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, eric lin wrote: > may be after I install what you recommand's libcgicg1-dev package > it have test-cgi in my /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ so I change my > /var/www/index.html's form point to it > > <form method="POST" action="http://www.linuxspice.com//cgi-bin/test-cgi";> > > after I use my browser to hit the submit bottom, it show Forbidden > > You don't have permission to access //cgi-bin/test-cgi on this server.
Do you have any book stores near you? There are a lot of great CGI programming books available -- I think you would end up saving yourself a lot of time by taking a break and doing some reading. Learn a language first, like Perl, then worry about CGI programming. CGI is a very basic interface, but trying to understand how to program, how a web server works and how to combine that into a CGI application is a lot to do all at once. I would strongly recommned Perl over C if you are trying to decide -- there's just so many tutorials, examples (bad and good) and useful Perl modules available that it makes Perl a good way to go. But, trying to learn CGI by posting questions to lists is the hard way. I don't think that a linux list, nor a list for installing and configuring Apache is your best choise as a place to learn how to write CGI programs. Take advantage of the hard work others have put in writing books and CGI tutorials. > Apache/1.3.26 Server at default.itsyourdomain.com Port 80 > > even I chmod 777 test-cgi > > need advancer's advice If you are doing that you need to also read about CGI security and unix permissions. -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
