CGIServlet problem ...

Question

Hi,
          I'm trying to use the CGIServlet to run a simple HelloWorld.pl but it
          always fail.
          Here is my simple perl script:
          #!D:\perl\bin\perl.exe
          print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";
          print "HelloWorld";
          exit;
          Here is the in my weblogic.properties:
          weblogic.httpd.register.cgi-bin=weblogic.servlet.CGIServlet
          weblogic.httpd.initArgs.cgi-bin=cgiDir=C:/weblogic/myserver/cgi-bin
          I'm getting this error:
          cgi-bin: Failed to execute CGI script:HelloWorld.pl
          THanks,
          Ninou
          

Answer 1

Steven,
The CGIServlet for WebLogic will not run a CGI that doesn't have an extension.
Just add and extension to your executable and it should run fine.
jeff
"Steven" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
I am currently facing a problem with CGI binaries via CGIServlet on WLS
6.1
sp4. The web.xml file has been configured correctly as follows:
-------- start of web.xml -----------
<servlet>
<servlet-name>CGIServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>weblogic.servlet.CGIServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>cgiDir</param-name>
<param-value>/web/bea6.1sp2/wlserver6.1/config/ngwapp/applications/NGWWebApp
/cgi-bin</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>*.pl</param-name>
<param-value>/web/perl5/bin/perl5.00405</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>*.cgi</param-name>
<param-value>/web/perl5/bin/perl5.00405</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>CGIServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/cgi-bin/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>-------- end of web.xml ---------
When a call is made to http://.../cgi-bin/dialogserver , this results
in a
404-File Not Found error.
The contents of the cgi-bin directory have not been altered and I did
not
face this problem earlier when I was using sp2.
It only happened after I upgraded to sp4. Can anyone help?
best rgds,
steven.