On 08/10/12 13:38, Dave Angel wrote: > On 08/10/2012 01:14 PM, Smaran Harihar wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have set executable permissions for my py script (cgi-script) but for >> some reason rather than executing it, the browser simply downloads the py >> script. >> >> Here is the >> link<http://128.196.142.94/geo/iplantgeo_cgi.py?get=env&from=latlon&lat=42,45,54&lon=-123,-65,-100>. >> Before it was working on another server. I migrated it to this new domain >> and it is having this issue. Where am I going wrong? >> >> > Lots of possibilities, though I can't think of any relating to Python. > So I didn't try to read your source file. > > Is the location of this script acceptable to your web host? Some hosts > deliberately restrict scripts to be in certain places (like /cgi-bin) in > order to thwart a certain type of cracker. > > Next question, is the python installation actually at the place where > your shebang points?
And, if the file is on a *nix-like machine (Linux, BSD, Mac, Solaris, etc), have the executable bits been set? -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
