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| 2 | <!-- SECTION: Getting Started --> | |
| 3 | <HEAD> | |
| 4 | <TITLE>Using CGI Programs</TITLE> | |
| 178cb736 | 5 | <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../cups-printable.css"> |
| 757d2cad | 6 | </HEAD> |
| 7 | <BODY> | |
| 8 | ||
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9 | <H1 CLASS="title">Using CGI Programs</H1> |
| 10 | ||
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11 | <P>CUPS provides a dynamic web interface through dedicated CGI programs that |
| 12 | are executed when users open special directories on the CUPS server. Each CGI | |
| 13 | performs administration, class, help, job, and printer functions as directed by | |
| 14 | the user, but the actual programs that are run and functions that are available | |
| 15 | are limited to those that were originally designed into the scheduler.</P> | |
| 757d2cad | 16 | |
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17 | <P>CUPS also supports CGI programs and specific scripting languages (Java, Perl, |
| 18 | PHP, and Python) for pages you want to provide. The interpreters for these | |
| 19 | languages are currently configured at compile time and are associated with | |
| 20 | MIME media types. <a href="#TABLE1">Table 1</a> shows the MIME media types that | |
| 21 | are reserved for each type of page and are the same as those used by the Apache | |
| 22 | web server.</P> | |
| 757d2cad | 23 | |
| 24 | <DIV CLASS="table"><TABLE SUMMARY="CGI MIME Media Types"> | |
| 79e1d494 | 25 | <CAPTION><A NAME="TABLE1">Table 1</A>: CGI MIME Media Types</CAPTION> |
| 757d2cad | 26 | <TR> |
| 27 | <TH>MIME Media Type</TH> | |
| 28 | <TH>Description</TH> | |
| 29 | </TR> | |
| 30 | <TR> | |
| 31 | <TD>application/x-httpd-cgi</TD> | |
| 32 | <TD>CGI script/program</TD> | |
| 33 | </TR> | |
| 34 | <TR> | |
| 35 | <TD>application/x-httpd-java</TD> | |
| 36 | <TD>Java program</TD> | |
| 37 | </TR> | |
| 38 | <TR> | |
| 39 | <TD>application/x-httpd-perl</TD> | |
| 40 | <TD>Perl script</TD> | |
| 41 | </TR> | |
| 42 | <TR> | |
| 43 | <TD>application/x-httpd-php</TD> | |
| 44 | <TD>PHP script</TD> | |
| 45 | </TR> | |
| 46 | <TR> | |
| 47 | <TD>application/x-httpd-python</TD> | |
| 48 | <TD>Python script</TD> | |
| 49 | </TR> | |
| 50 | </TABLE></DIV> | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | <H2><A NAME="CONFIG">Configuring the Server</A></H2> | |
| 53 | ||
| 54 | <P>In order to enable the corresponding type, you must create a | |
| 55 | new <VAR>/etc/cups/cgi.types</VAR> file which maps the filename | |
| 79e1d494 | 56 | extensions to the appropriate MIME types, for example:</P> |
| 757d2cad | 57 | |
| 58 | <PRE CLASS="command"> | |
| 59 | application/x-httpd-cgi cgi | |
| 60 | application/x-httpd-java class | |
| 61 | application/x-httpd-perl pl | |
| 62 | application/x-httpd-php php | |
| 63 | application/x-httpd-python py | |
| 64 | </PRE> | |
| 65 | ||
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66 | <P>CGI scripts/programs (application/x-httpd-cgi) also must have execution |
| 67 | permissions to be treated as a CGI script or program.</P> | |
| 757d2cad | 68 | |
| 69 | <H2><A NAME="LIMITS">Limitations</A></H2> | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | <P>CUPS implements most of the CGI/1.1 specification, with the | |
| 72 | following exceptions:</P> | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | <UL> | |
| 75 | ||
| 76 | <LI>No PATH_INFO or PATH_TRANSLATED support</LI> | |
| 77 | ||
| 78 | <LI>Limited HTTP field support; only the Content-Length | |
| 79 | (CONTENT_LENGTH), Cookie (HTTP_COOKIE), and User-Agent | |
| 80 | (HTTP_USER_AGENT) fields are placed in environment | |
| 81 | variables at this time</LI> | |
| 82 | ||
| 83 | </UL> | |
| 84 | ||
| 85 | </BODY> | |
| 86 | </HTML> |