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Tomasz Wlodek
tomw at bnl.gov
Fri Feb 24 16:41:08 EST 2006
Ok, one detai, which I discovered by trial and error: If I remove the line require valid-user then Apache allows me to execute the cgi scripts. If I leave it then it displays them as text. Does anyone understand this behavior? Tomasz Wlodek | tel 631-344-7448 Brookhaven Laboratory, Building 510M | fax 631-344-7616 Upton NY 11973-5000 | On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Tomasz Wlodek wrote: > Hello experts, > > I am not sure whether this issue belongs to Apache proper or mod python or > both. > > here is the problem: I use mod_python authentication handler to > authenticate users who come to some directory. This part of the code works > fine. > > After the user is authenticated mod_python returns apache.OK and then > Apache is supposed to execute cgi script which is located in this > directory. For the time being the cgi script is a simple "Hello world" in > python. > > Now comes the problem: users are authenticated, then Apache takes the cgi > script but instead of executing it it displays its content as text file. > > The funny thing is that the same cgi script when I move it to another cgi > directory (where I do not use mod_python for authentication) works fine. > It executes as cgi script. > > Apparently when I protect a directory by mod_python authentication handler > then Apache does not want to execute underlying cgi scripts from this > directory! > > Here comes the configuration file for this directory: > > Alias /GridHyperNews "/var/www/cgi-bin/GridHyperNews" > <Directory /var/www/cgi-bin/GridHyperNews> > AllowOverride None > #I want the directory to contain cgi scripts > Options +ExecCGI > SetHandler cgi-script > # users who come to this directory must be authenticated by > # myhandler2 > PythonAuthenHandler myhandler2 > PythonDebug on > PythonPath "sys.path + ['/root/mod_python_handlers']" > require valid-user > </Directory> > > > The myhandler2.py code is very simple > > from mod_python import apache > from mod_python import util > > import _mp_mod_ssl > import os,string > > def authenhandler(req): > req.add_common_vars() > req.user="unknown_user" > > return apache.OK > > Now, no matter what I do scripts under the directory > /var/www/cgi-bin/GridHyperNews are not treated by Apache as cgi but as > text files. > > Tomasz Wlodek | tel 631-344-7448 > Brookhaven Laboratory, Building 510M | fax 631-344-7616 > Upton NY 11973-5000 | > > _______________________________________________ > Mod_python mailing list > Mod_python at modpython.org > http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >
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