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This tag apparently represents the cgi-bin. A CGI-bin is a folder used to house scripts that will interact with a Web browser to provide functionality for a Web page or website. Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a resource for accommodating the use of scripts in Web design.

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Which free software can you use to create rotating 3D Spacefill models of molecules in .gif format?

An example of what I'm talking about is this animation from Wikipedia. I am running 32 bit 12.10 if it is relevant. Please describe step-by-step, with pictures (screenshots with the appropriate areas (that are mentioned in the text) highlighted) how…
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how to install c++ fastcgi development library?

I can't seem to find anything on this. I know apt-get install, but I don't know the name of the package for the standard c++ fastcgi development library. What is it?
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Apache not rendering Bugzilla cgi

I've just tried to install Bugzilla on my machine for test purposes. I'm going to evaluate the Bugzilla REST API for a company i'm currently interning at. The problem is that when I go to http://localhost/bugzilla/ this is what i'm seeing.…
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How to Configure CGI in Ubuntu?

I am very new to Apache in Ubuntu. I recently installed Apache2 on Ubuntu and I am trying to configure CGI. I added the following lines in apache2.conf file: ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/router/cgi-bin/ …
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libapache2-mod-fastcgi "not available"

I've been here http://www.howtoforge.com/using-php5-fpm-with-apache2-on-ubuntu-12.10 and here http://www.versatilewebsolutions.com/blog/2012/11/installing-apache-2-with-php-fastcgi-on-ubuntu-12-10.html to try to install fastcgi on 12.10, but I keep…
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nagios on virtualhost cgi problems

I have been moving my nagios on apaches virtualhost and adding the following configuration file ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost ServerName nagios.example.com ServerAlias nagios.example.com DocumentRoot…
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CGI scripts on Apache2 gives 403 forbidden when the CGI are in a linked folder

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 as a virtual machine. I have Apache2 2.4.18 installed. I have a folder with cgi scripts that I want to use. To do that I placed a symlink to that folder in /usr/lib/cgi-bin. When I call the script from firefox…
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How to run `chmod` command form script with sudo permissions?

I want the change the permissions of /dev/ttyACM0 from a script. I have tried this command: su -c "chmod -R 777 /dev/ttyACM*" -m "$user". When I execute the script it is asking for a password. I want run this without being prompted for password. I…
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Perl .pl file downloads instead of being executed

I'm trying to get OTRS 4.0 working on Ubuntu 14.04. I've followed all instructions to install from source. When I open the site (localhost/otrs/index.pl), an empty .pl-file is served for download. Apparently Apache finds the index.pl, but does not…
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Running Binary cgi on apache2

How do I get apache2 to run binaries as cgi. I have a test page, that when I access it, it returns the error code 500 Internal Server Error, and there is an "End of script output before headers" error in /var/log/apache2/error.log. This is not…
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http request to cgi python script successful, but the script doesn't seem to run

I have configured cgi scripts for my apache2 web server. Here is what I want to do: Client uploads the image to the server. (this already works) On success, I want to execute the python script to resize the image. I tried the following and the…
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What modules do I need to run perl CGI with apache?

I have some CGI script using perl and I would like to make them work on Apache. I have the following installed : $ dpkg -l | grep perl | grep apach ii libapache-session-perl 1.90-1 all …
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is this malcious traffic?

I was reviewing my server logs, when I came across several thousand this gem: from a multiple IP addresses: My question is what is all this junk? what is this trying to execute? I am pretty sure that I am not using CGI-BIN for anything. I am…
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Smokeping web front end on Ubuntu 13.10

I have upgraded a PC from Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 to 13.10. On 12.04 the URL to Smokeping web front end used to be http://localhost/smokeping/smokeping.cgi. After upgrading to 13.10 this does not work any more. Is it just an issue of finding out the…
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Unable to install a CGI script on Ubuntu

I'm trying to install CGIProxy on Ubuntu. http://www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy/install.html#install Basically it's a single "nph-proxy.cgi" file which I placed in my /var/www folder. I used this command from the instructions: ./nph-proxy.cgi…
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