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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by mark rostron <mr...@real.com> on 2002/02/04 22:11:03 UTC

Re: ~user/cgi_bin script config problem - THANKS!

Thanks for your help on this.
Looked into the suexec.log and found that the cgi-bin directory and any cgi 
files in it were failing because they were 777 permissions, which the server 
did not allow.

On Friday 01 February 2002 17:38, Joshua Slive wrote:
> > From: mark rostron [mailto:mrostron@real.com]
> >
> > yeah - changed my mind about the attachments.
> > Anyway, I checked the script and it appears to be working from
> > command-line
> > and also if I copy the test script into /usr/local/httpd/cgi-bin
> > (ScriptAlias
> > definition).
> > There is something in the way I'm configuring the public-html/cgi-bin
> > directory.
> > Below is the text of the stanza defining configuration for public_html:
>
> How come everybody is only reading half my posts today?  If it works in the
> main cgi-bin, but you get "premature end of script headers" elsewhere, then
> the most likely answer is suexec.  Check to see if you are using it, and
> check the contents of the suexec log file.
>
> The fact that you get "premature end of script headers" means that the
> apache configuration is fine: it is trying to launch your cgi script.  The
> lanuch is failing, either because there is something wrong with the script,
> or an intermediary (suexec) is failing.
>
> Joshua.
>
>
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