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22nd January 15:12
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FreeM begginner needs help with system set up
Having worked with M for many years I've just put a copy of FreeM onto a
Linux server (a Cobalt Raq that is based on an old version of RedHat) and have compiled it so that I can run via the command line in a shell account. What I need to be able to do is call a M routine from a web browser but can't seem to get this working. Hopefully I will be able to do this from several domains once i get the thing up and running. The do***entation seems to be lacking at this point and I wondered if anyone had any ideas? Do I need to change the Apache config file or something? All suggestions gratefully received. Cheers John -- John K Mitchell Forest Software Ltd Web sites for the smaller business and charity. |
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22nd January 15:13
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FreeM begginner needs help with system set up
Hello John,
* For a start to just get things going, I suggest you put the 'mumps' binary into the default cgi-bin directory. (alternatively you could create a symbolic link to /usr/bin/mumps) * Just to make sure lets check the httpd.conf settings: We need to take care of three things. HTTPD.CONF: a) make sure that your chosen cgi directory has ExecCGI permission. ('cgi-bin' in your case). You find those in the <directory>directives. For instance: <Directory /home/httpd/cg-bin> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI AllowOverride all </Directory> b) set the ScriptAlias (the mapper from URL to local directory) for instance: ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/home/httpd/cgi-bin/" c) check out under which user apache runs: Either it is built-in or set in httpd.conf (User and group directives). PERMISSIONS: * Now take care that the apache user/group has permission to execute the mumps binary. (e.g. chmod a+rx /usr/bin/mumps). * Also make sure that apache has at least execute (+x) permission to the cgi-bin directory (e.g. chmod a+rx /home/httpd/cgi-bin) * ,And lastly it also needs permission to read the mumps files. (chmod a+r /home/httpd/cgi-bin/*.m) TEST-ROUTINE: * Incase you got no mumps routines yet, lets create a demo routine. ('test.m') Save something like below to '/home/httpd/cgi-bin/test.m': test ; <html> <pre> w </pre> </html> h (don't forget to set the permissions  PUSHING-******: * ok, lets try it: If you did changes to the httpd.conf - restart apache (apachectl graceful). Open your browser and call: http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mumps?rou=test Actually it should work now. Good luck regard, Axel |
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22nd January 15:13
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FreeM begginner needs help with system set up
In message <b7p1qv0d1vu90tp3qcjj8jqi294sbbjjrc@4ax.com>, Axel Trocha
<axel@trocha.com> writes Thanks Axel, I'll give this a try later - I just need to sort out the references since my server is not quite like the setup you mention. Cheers John -- John K Mitchell Forest Software Ltd Web sites for the smaller business and charity. |
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22nd January 15:13
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FreeM begginner needs help with system set up
In message <b7p1qv0d1vu90tp3qcjj8jqi294sbbjjrc@4ax.com>, Axel Trocha
<axel@trocha.com> writes Hi Axel, It worked first time - for the record the servers that I use run CGI-Wrapper but once I'd created a link from a directory on the publicly viewable area on the system (actually hanging off one of the virtual sites on the server) and altered the httpd.conf file it works like a dream. Now all I need to do is write the software application and away I go ;-) Thanks for your help John -- John K Mitchell Forest Software Ltd Web sites for the smaller business and charity. |
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