[Mod_gzip] solution for 'SSL <-> mod_gzip proxy error - can't stat cgi file' problem?

[Nicola Fankhauser]

hello nigel (and all others reading on this list)

sometimes, belief brings relief. I did indeed solve the mystery shortly
after my first post ever to this list. It is such a simple change in
httpd.conf, and yet not easy to discover - maybe because I never thought
about finding the 'bug' there.

On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 00:02, Nicola Fankhauser wrote:
> unfortunately, I have the same problem as Nigel described on October 14,
> 2002 with cgi scripts. It is a simple bash script and the request does
> (apparently) never leave mod_proxy - it does not show up in the mod_gzip
> logs or in the regular access_log files...
> 
> Question: Did anyone solve this problem?

The reason why mod_proxy in the ssl virtual host did not pass the
request to a cgi script to the non-ssl virtual host was that the
definition of the cgi-bin directory is placed by default in the
main-server part of httpd.conf. These definitions are valid for _all_
virtual hosts, in my case for the non-ssl (wanted), but also for the ssl
(not really wanted). So I just moved the 

<Location /cgi-bin>
    AllowOverride None
    Options +ExecCGI -Includes
    SetHandler cgi-script
</Location> 

_inside_ the <VirtualHost _default_:*> construct. And it worked.

happy new year!

cheers
nicola