This is what I have:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "${SRVROOT}/cgi-bin/"

<Directory "${SRVROOT}/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .exe .pl
Require all granted
</Directory>

The cgi module is loaded. When I try to run the page starting the script, instead of running the script, the cgi file (an executable) is downloaded.

This is kind of the appropriate area, since this is for EleWEB, the WEB
service for EleBBS. I'd love to get this running, but I've ran into this hitch. I checked Apache docs before posting here.

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Ok, no wonder that should have worked, there was nothing wrong with it. I
had to move the apache server over to the elebbs VM and it's working great!
I need to improve the looks, but https://shsbbs.net/login.htm will load my EleWEB. I had some directory conflicting errors, with paths and drives being different on each machine... This was the easiest way to fix it.

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To: Shurato
Re: CGI-BIN in apache...
By: Shurato to Shurato on Sun Dec 10 2023 09:11 pm

From Newsgroup: micronet.bbs

Ok, no wonder that should have worked, there was nothing wrong with it. I had to move the apache server over to the elebbs VM and it's working great! I need to improve the looks, but https://shsbbs.net/login.htm will load my EleWEB. I had some directory conflicting errors, with paths and drives being different on each machine... This was the easiest way to fix it.

okay i think maybe you forgot to stop and start apache after the change.
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Hello Shurato,

Sunday December 10 2023 21:11, you wrote to you:

Ok, no wonder that should have worked, there was nothing wrong with
it. I had to move the apache server over to the elebbs VM and it's
working great! I need to improve the looks, but https://shsbbs.net/login.htm will load my EleWEB. I had some
directory conflicting errors, with paths and drives being different on
each machine... This was the easiest way to fix it.

It's usually the simplest solution being the best to solve a problem. I have spent many an hour trying to fix something, looking at all the outliers when instead it was right in front of my face. However, you remember what to check if that problem happens again!

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