The problem turned out to be fairly simple. The main problem: Apache
handles the ScriptAlias directories so that all files are "executed"
rather than served. I''m assuming also that Apache doesn''t
bother looking
at the .htaccess files therein, either.
So instead, I had ''rails'' put everything into my web document
area. The
path issue seems to be resolved without any of my help - I''m assuming
for now that it was automatically configured during the rails install.
Now it works quite nicely, and I can get back to my term paper!
So, if anyone else runs stuck similarly, the moral is: don''t try to
save
on configuration time by putting everything straight into /cgi-bin/! So
long as .htaccess files are enabled, anywhere whithin DocumentRoot is a
right place.
HTH,
-natevw
Natevw wrote:
> Changed subject to reflect new developments.
>
> I can run the script/server just fine, "Riding the Rails" shows
up on
> http://myserver.com:3000, but still nothing via my host''s
Apache2.
>
> At least part of the problem must be with paths. I have ruby installed
> in ~/devtemp/bin. However, most of the scripts reference
"#!/usr/bin/env
> ruby" when the path is set to some basic default.
>
> I tried SetEnv PATH /home/natevw/devtemp/bin in the
> railstest/public/.htaccess, and tried setting
ENV[''PATH''] ||= ''<path>''
> in an environment.rb file. Still no luck!
>
>
> How do I set the CGI''s path correctly so that Ruby sees it?
>
>
> Googling and forum searching, I''m not finding many others
installing
> Rails into a hosted account on someone else''s server. Surely this
is not
> the case...?
>
> -natevw
>
>
>
>
> Natevw wrote:
>
>> Alright, I got ruby, rubygem and perhaps rails installed on my
account.
>>
>> I am able to run a plain Ruby script from my cgi-bin.
>>
>> I can create a whole mess of folders and files by typing "rails
>> testrails" in my cgi-bin.
>>
>> But after that, I can''t get the wonderful behavior described
in all
>> the tutorials.
>>
>> Going to ''/cgi-bin/testrails/public/'' gets
404''ed.
>> When I go to /cgi-bin/testrails/public/index.html, I get the 500 error
>> defined in the .htaccess file: "Rails application failed to start
>> properly"
>>
>> Running ./dispatch.cgi straight from the shell leaves the following in
>> development.log:
>>
>> Recognition failed for ""
>>
/home/natevw/devtemp//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:488:in
>> `recognition_failed''
>>
/home/natevw/devtemp//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/routing.rb:478:in
>> `recognize!''
>>
/home/natevw/devtemp//lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in
>> `dispatch''
>> ./dispatch.cgi:10
>>
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>>
>> thanks,
>> -natevw
>>
