Mailing List Archive: Cgi with Python

"Troy Coburn" <troy@quantumtraining.nb.ca> writes:

> Hi there.
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> I am trying to set up some cgi stuff using python...I have just started
> using python and I am running into some proplems.
>
> When I try to run the python script I get the following error:
>
> HTTP Error 403
> 403.2 Forbidden: Read Access Forbidden
>
> This error can be caused if there is no default page available and directory
> browsing has not been enabled for the directory, or if you are trying to
> display an HTML page that resides in a directory marked for Execute or
> Script permissions only.
>
> Please contact the Web server's administrator if the problem persists.
>
>
> Help Please

Well - the error message says it all :)

Just set the read and execute permissions for your script.

$ chmod a+rx script.py

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