Archive for February, 2006

Weird Apache errors

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:30:00 -0600

Context: You’ve recently switched to apache2 with separate vhost configurations in sites-enabled and you are trying to get CGI scripts to execute in a directory called something other than “cgi-bin“.  You’ve turned on the ExecCGI option for the directory.

Symptom: You are getting “Access Forbidden” errors, and your server’s error log shows “Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden

Further context: You’re not running any RewriteRules.

Solution: Uncomment the line AddHandler cgi-script .cgi in your main apache2.conf file.

Reason this is the error you get: Hell if I know.

In closely related news, ScotchFinder is back.

Magic repack reviews

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:57:00 -0600

I’ve started reviewing Magic repacks.  See here, and feel free to request repacks to review.

Blogger publishing bug

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:54:00 -0600

If Blogger stopped publishing to your server four months ago, change (or ask your sysadmin to change) “PasswordAuthentication” to “yes” in your sshd config file (check /etc/ssh/sshd_config).

In related news, mcgees.org is back.