On 14/01/2013 03:52, Alan Findly wrote: > Forgot to mention version of tomcat .....7.0.34 ..... on WindowsXP > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Question about config and correct start-up > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:52:55 -0700 > From: Alan Findly <afin...@ronan.net> > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > > > > Dear Tomcat user's group: > I'm having a problem getting cgi to work.
<snip/> > I've followed all the config instructions for setting it up, > including editing the conf\web.xml file to make the cgi servlet > functional, which just involves removing comment signs from around the > servlet. You need to remove the comments around the servlet mapping as well. > Done. So, what should happen is that when I call a perl script from > html it should fire up & go. That depends on how you are "calling a perl script from html". > But .... still no workey .... so digging further I noticed the config > document which is a README.xml .... I don't recall any file of that name. What is its exact path on your system? > makes a vague reference to having > the correct "context" for cgi, but seemingly no other data....I'm > missing something?? Have you read the docs? http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/cgi-howto.html You need to mark your context as privileged. > I've made an assumption that since I'm the only user on my PC that I > do not have to register "me" in the "Tomcat-users.xml" .... since the > role of manager-gui does not seem to apply to cgi. Correct, assuming the resources are not protected by security constraints. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
