htaccess correct?

Question

Although I can run test.cgi fine but my perl all doesn't work, is this htaccess correct:

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options +ExecCGI

IndexIgnore *
DirectoryIndex myapp.cgi


RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^$ myapp.cgi [L]
RewriteRule ^/$ myapp.cgi [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ myapp.cgi/$1

Answer 1

What kind of error is Apache returning? If it looks like permissions, try adding:

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

before the RewriteEngine line and see if that helps.

Also, unless you're sure that your rewrite rules are correct I'd comment them out until you see that your script runs as it should. If the script won't work without them then replace it for testing purposes with something really simple just to make sure that Apache's working correctly.

Answer 2

Turns out that mediatemple's PERL version is 5.8.4 and my app is only compatible with 5.8.8+.