Executing a Python script in Apache2

Question

I am trying to execute a Python program using Apache. However, Apache will only serve the file and not actually execute it. The permissions on the file are r/w/x and it is

Answer 1

I'm assuming you are using firefox. I read somewhere else on the 'net that it could be related to the firefox addons installed on a machine.

I was getting this error and I use firefox 20. Switched to Opera and I did not get any more errors and the python scripts seemed to execute just fine.

Edit: It was actually an eval() method call I had overlooked that had appended "(" and ")" to the results of the script that caused my failure. Once I removed them, it worked for me.

I noticed you did not post the javascript, html, or whatever it is you use to call the script in the first place. Perhaps you could post it for us? I did a direct copy/paste example from a blog site without looking at what I had copied. That was my error.