Apache2* and mod_perl2

[Paul Schmehl]

Last night I spend several hours trying to get a website working with 
apache22 and then apache20 and mod_perl2.  I never succeeded.

This website works fine with apache1.3.* and mod_perl.  We run the UBB 
bulletin board, which is written in perl.  All the executable files are 
named *.cgi.

I googled and read document after document, waded through the apache 
mod_perl site until my eyes were crossed, all to no avail.  In apache20, 
after configuring httpd.conf in what I thought was the right way, I got a 
Forbidden error.  Obviously, I checked perms (even made the 777 briefly), 
but no go.  In apache22, all I ever got was the plain text of the program 
file.

Does anyone know of a website that can unlock the mystery of mod_perl2 on 
apache2?  I figure sooner or later I'm going to have to move to apache2, 
but I sure can't do that until I figure out how to get it working.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/