os-windows/3012: CGI (perl) scripts don't run at all

[Kerry Neighbour <kn...@simcomcity.com>]

>Number:         3012
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       CGI (perl) scripts don't run at all
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 16 16:50:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     kneighbour@simcomcity.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.1
>Environment:
NT4 (SP3)
>Description:
Cannot get perl cgi scripts to run at all. You always get this error message


"Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@simcomcity.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and
anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the
request. "
>How-To-Repeat:
Run any perl script at all...ie something of the sort

http://allclear2001.com/cgi-bin/callerid.pl
>Fix:
No. Another user confirmed this problem. He could get around it by converting 
the perl to an EXE file - which WOULD run. 'BAT' files also fail.
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