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......

#! /usr/bin/python

import BaseHTTPServer
import CGIHTTPServer
httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('',8000),
CGIHTTPServer.CGIHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.serve_forever()

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]

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

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

[...]

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?

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

 

[Dfenestr8]

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

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

[...]

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?

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

Ta. It was a permission-related problem.