Hello all. I'm hoping you folks can help me with this problem. I installed Apache server on my win 98 system along with activestate perl, instalation wen fine, everything is working. so I went in and said up my cgi-bin as the instructions I found stated. No major problems yet. So going to my cgi-bin via http://localhost/cgi-bin I get a 403 (forbidden) error. This to I expected. Heres where the wierd stuff comes in. Now I added a small perl cgi script into the cgi-bin and when trying to call it (http://localhost/cgi-bin/calender/calender.pl) I get an error-- Can not find server or DNS error. I double checked the directory for the file, the spelling etc and all was correct. The I noticed IT. It seems its calling up a domain name that I registered a few years ago and no longer own? I noticed it in the status bar of my browser.

I am trying to get perl running on my system so I can work with LINKS and get it customized before uploading it to a server. Can anyone help me with this? I know it is a bit off topic but I have looked high and low (including in this forum) and have come up with nill. But I know this forum holds some pretty savvy people who propably could help me with this.

Thanks,
Ian Galloway

Try using the non-routable IP address of your local web server rather than localhost:

http://127.0.0.1/

Hope this helps.

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Thanks for the advice Eliot, I tried that and still nothing. This (http://www.gallowaysnet.com/cgi-bin/ri404.cgi) appeared in the address bar of my browser after typing the url http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/calender/calender.pl
which brought up a 404 error page. Any idea why it is searching for that domain name? This is the first time I've ever ran Apache from my home and do not have a DNS server. nor do I reference it in httpd.conf. httpd.conf is basically as it is out of the box, minus setting up SSi's and the cgi-bin. I did have a hosting company host that ddomain for me, but as I mentioned that was a while ago and I no longer have that domain name. I am stumped

Thanks again you're always a great help
Ian Galloway
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[This message has been edited by Nofatals (edited February 28, 2000).]

You will have to contact the hosting company who used to host your domain and ask them to remove the domain from their DNS tables.

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Thanks again, I sent a request to the hosting company, hopefully they will remove it. Just curious:
Why would it be searching for that domain name? I am serving the pages now from my home PC and have nothing to do with my old host at all. Thats a bit odd isn't it? I am in no way connected to there servers, like I said I am using my own Windows PC to serve the pages through a cable internet connection..When going to the root directory which would be my IP address http://24.147.131.6/test.shtml the page loads of of my computer, but when accessing the cgi-bin directory it searches for that domain name. A complete mystery to me. Maybe you could shed some light on it for me.

Thanks again,
Ian Galloway
P.S. I could send you a copy of my httpd.conf if you needed to see it

Is there any reference in the httpd.conf file to a redirection to another IP Address or Domain Address?

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Eliot Lee....
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I know this might sound obvious, but did you try emptying your cache?

adam