Unable to execute the script

[Smaran Harihar]

The file is on Ubuntu Server 12.04 and not sure how to set the executable
bits?

If you mean chmod +x <filename>

then yes it has been set.

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Tim Chase
<python.list at tim.thechases.com>wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>


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Thanks & Regards
Smaran Harihar
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