cgi-bin is a special folder in web server's files and folder structure, designed to contains executable scripts written in CGI (Common Gateway Interface). These folders has often a specific properties, i.e. might be auto re-created once deleted or may be blocked from deletion.
Questions tagged [cgi-bin]
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Should I delete the cgi-bin folder in a subdomain I just created?
Using cpanel on my hosting account, I created a subdomain - e.g. www.clothing.mysite.com
A cgi-bin folder was automatically created in the directory for clothing.mysite.com. Do I need it? I'm only using the subdomain to install wordpress on it. I…
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How do I run a Python script on my web server?
I've just started learning Python, and I'm pretty lost right now. I want to run my script on my server that is hosted through hosting24.com. Their FAQ says they support Python, but I have no clue where to put my script for it to run.
There is a…
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Python os module open file above current directory with relative path
The documentation for the OS module does not seem to have information about how to open a file that is not in a subdirectory or the current directory that the script is running in without a full path. My directory structure looks like…
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How to retrieve form "POST" data via cgi-bin program written in C
I am trying to retrieve POST data from html form using program written in C.
At the moment I am using:
char *formdata = getenv("QUERY_STRING");
if(formdata == NULL) /* no data retrieved */
This seems to be working fine with form "GET" method but…
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Can't load 'C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/auto/XML/LibXML/LibXML.dll' for module XML::LibXML
I have downloaded strawberry PERL and writing one application with CGI Perl Apache on Winxp sp3).
One of the libraries (written by someone else) which I using uses XML::LibXML. When i load the page it gives Internal Server Error. From Apache error…
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How to run a perl script in localhost?
I had already installed Apache. I am using PHP for my scripting in localhost. Need to know how to run the perl script.
I have installed sudo aptitude install libapache2-mod-perl2
I have created a directory name cgi-bin in my /var/www/cgi-bin
there…
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How do I remove "cgi-bin" from my URLs?
I'm creating a small application on an embedded device that has a boa web server running on it. I'm creating a web application in a mixture of plain HTML pages and Perl scripts to interface with the main application. Is there a way to hide the…
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Is a plain-text password in a CGI script a security hole?
I've read that things can go wrong with your web server which may lead to display of PHP scripts as plain text files in a web browser; consequently I've moved most of my PHP scripts to a directory outside the web root. Now I've been wondering…
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Executing Python Scripts with Lighttpd and CGI
I am having a problem getting python scripts to execute within Lighttpd and cgi-bin. I have found similar issues within stackoverflow (i.e. Lighttpd and cgi python) and other websites, but none fully pertain to my configuration. I can execute the…
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What were the main disadvantages of CGI-BIN based web development?
I was fortunate enough to not do any cgi-bin .cgi based web development. But generally those who have do not seem to 'miss' those days.
A project I recently joined has a performance issue when dealing with the pages that need to communicate to a…
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How to execute a script on a server from a webpage?
I want to run a shell script off my VPS through a website to start and stop a service. I have a script i currently execute by puttying in and typing ctf.sh. I had a look at using CGI and stuff, however this has left me thoroughly confused.
On my VPS…
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404 error while executing .py file in cgi-bin using apache2
previously i had error in installing apache2 for python, this is the link
I thought i should continue there but right now i'm getting a new error so posting it as a new one this is what the problem is
I have placed a file hello.py having…
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How to successfully run Perl script with setuid() when used as cgi-bin?
I have a Perl script that is called either via Apache or on the command-line.
For testing purposes, I pass it the username I want the Perl script to operate with, and use POSIX::setuid to set the uid.
If I run the script from the command line, then…
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Return an image to the browser in python, cgi-bin
I'm trying to set up a python script in cgi-bin that simply returns a header with content-type: image/png and returns the image. I've tried opening the image and returning it with print f.read() but that isn't working.
EDIT:
the code I'm trying to…
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LD_LIBRARY_PATH for Apache cgi script
I built a .CGI in C++. This binary depends on some boost shared library and other resources in a specific folder /usr/local/boost/. The CGI doesn't execute and in the log I can see the error
error while loading shared libraries: libdxxx: cannot…
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