Re: httpd, cgi, ikiwiki, and me.

[Bob Bernstein <poobah%ruptured-duck.com@localhost>]

On Fri, 9 Apr 2021, Bob Bernstein wrote:

> Since upgrading to 9.99.81, httpd doesn't launch a 
> cgi that has worked for years, to wit 
> /var/www/cgi-bin/ikiwiki.cgi.
>
> My rc.conf looks at it always has, at least in 
> regard to httpd:
>
> httpd=YES httpd_flags="-I 8888"
>          httpd_wwwdir="/var/www"

THE FIX was adding this arg to httpd_flags: 
'-c /var/www/cgi-bin'

so that the whole /etc/rc.conf httpd entry now looks like:

 httpd=YES httpd_flags="-I 8888 -c /var/www/cgi-bin"
           httpd_wwwdir="/var/www"

I found that '-c' in bozohttpd's man page.

Thank you.

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