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authorGervase Markham <gerv@gerv.net>2015-08-07 15:24:25 +0200
committerGervase Markham <gerv@gerv.net>2015-08-07 15:24:25 +0200
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Bug 1183571 - tell people they need to enable the CGI module. r=LpSolit
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@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ or, if not found, :file:`index.html` if someone only types the directory name
into the browser; and allows Bugzilla's :file:`.htaccess` files to override
some global permissions.
+On some Linux distributions you will need to enable the Apache CGI
+module. On Debian/Ubuntu, this is done with:
+
+:command:`sudo a2enmod cgi`
+
+If you find that the webserver is returning the Perl code as text rather
+than executing it, then this is the problem.
+
.. _apache-mod_perl:
Apache with mod_perl