A simple Python CGI server?

[Dfenestr8]

Hi.

I'm just a hobbyist and I like mucking around with cgi scripts.

Here's the script I've been using......
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>#! /usr/bin/python
>
>import BaseHTTPServer
>import CGIHTTPServer
>httpd = BaseHTTPServer. HTTPServer(('', 8000),
> CGIHTTPServer.C GIHTTPRequestHa ndler)
>httpd.serve_fo rever()[/color]


For some reason, I get these weird permission errors sometimes when I use
it ... such as:

"OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied"

Sometimes my scripts produce this error, sometimes they don't. Can anybody
explain this?

Also, can anyone direct me to a script on the web that might do the trick
a little more consistently?

[Chris Liechti]

Re: A simple Python CGI server?

"Dfenestr8" <chrisdewinN0SP AM@yahoo.com.au > wrote in
news:pan.2003.1 0.31.18.54.52.9 07463@yahoo.com .au:[color=blue]
> I'm just a hobbyist and I like mucking around with cgi scripts.[/color]

did you look ak CGIHTTPServer.p y's "test()" function? you can actualy run
that module to get your server.

[...][color=blue]
> For some reason, I get these weird permission errors sometimes when I
> use it ... such as:
>
> "OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied"
>
> Sometimes my scripts produce this error, sometimes they don't. Can
> anybody explain this?[/color]

on different scripts? or on the same wheny ou try it several times?
if its the former problem, make sure that you save all your cgis with
"#!/usr/bin/env python" (or similar) as the first line, make it executable
and world readable (chmod a+rx script.py")

chris

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Chris <cliechti@gmx.n et>

[Dfenestr8]

Re: A simple Python CGI server?

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:02:39 +0200, Chris Liechti wrote:
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> "Dfenestr8" <chrisdewinN0SP AM@yahoo.com.au > wrote in
> news:pan.2003.1 0.31.18.54.52.9 07463@yahoo.com .au:[color=green]
>> I'm just a hobbyist and I like mucking around with cgi scripts.[/color]
>
> did you look ak CGIHTTPServer.p y's "test()" function? you can actualy run
> that module to get your server.
>
> [...][color=green]
>> For some reason, I get these weird permission errors sometimes when I
>> use it ... such as:
>>
>> "OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied"
>>
>> Sometimes my scripts produce this error, sometimes they don't. Can
>> anybody explain this?[/color]
>
> on different scripts? or on the same wheny ou try it several times? if its
> the former problem, make sure that you save all your cgis with
> "#!/usr/bin/env python" (or similar) as the first line, make it executable
> and world readable (chmod a+rx script.py")
>
> chris[/color]

Ta. It was a permission-related problem.