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py script web page problem ??

Ian Parker parker at gol.com
Wed Apr 17 18:29:51 EDT 2002 
In article <mailman.1018944513.17890.python-list at python.org>, Oleg 
Broytmann <phd at phd.pp.ru> writes
>On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 11:14:08PM -0700, linux_on_wood wrote:
>> <FORM action="friends1.py" method=get>
>>
>> my python script code is:    friends1.py  as chmod 755 on linux box
>>
>> #! /usr/bin/env python
>>
>> This script code looks very correct to me but it
>> gets called --friends1.py DOES NOT render the
>> html, it just shows the source code as text.
>
>   A script (any script) should not "rebder" HTML - it will just pass the
>HTML back to a browser. Do I understand your question right that instead of
>HTML you get the source code of the script?
>
>> ANY IDEAS, HELP , WHY  has a problem ???????????
>
>   It seems your web-server was not configured to recognize .py extension
>as a CGI extension. Reconfigure your server.
>
>Oleg.

Or that the web-server doesn't recognise scripts in this directory as 
being executable.

Regards
-- 
Ian Parker
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