Paul Lalli wrote: > On Aug 27, 8:43 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mathew Snyder) wrote: >> Let's forget for a moment that CGI::Ajax exists. Instead, imagine that all I >> want to do is call a Perl script from my AJAX application. Having created >> all >> the necessary communication lines I then pass the script URL with the GET >> method to the "line" in order to execute said Perl script. >> >> All the script does is take all of the values in an array, join them into a >> string and pass the string back to the calling JavaScript function. >> However, it >> doesn't work and continually returns a 403 status code >> >> The script is chmod'ed to 755, the directory in which it resides is also >> chmod'ed to 755 ensuring access. > > 403 is the HTTP code for Forbidden. It means the server is refusing > to run the script at all, generally because the access permissions are > not correct. I would double check those permissions to see if they > really are what you think they are, and what your web server requires > them to be. > > Can you run the Perl/CGI script directly from the browser, without > going through your AJAX application? That would be a good first > debugging step. > >> I believe I use the print function from the >> script basically printing the string to the "line" which the calling function >> basically reads. Is this correct? I've seen it suggested to use the printf >> function. > > This is all irrelevant. 403 means your script was never run to begin > with. Whoever suggested that you might solve your problem by using > printf() instead of print() does not know what they're talking about, > and you should ignore advice from that person. > > Paul Lalli > >
You've pushed me in the right directions. It wasn't a straight forward permissions problem. Instead, I had to configure Apache with the +ExecCGI option on the rt-tool/cgi-bin directory. Thanks, Mathew -- Keep up with me and what I'm up to: http://theillien.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
