John Reinke wrote: > > Perhaps this is slightly off-topic, but this might still come under the > "newbie" category. > > I am trying to get Apache to allow CGI scripts from user cgi-bin > directories. I've looked at the Web HOWTO, and at apache.org for help, but > perhaps my question is too easy. > > Basically, I'm trying to get it set up so users have a .public_html > directory in their home directory, and cgi-bin within that. I think I have > that set up correctly, because if I don't name a CGI *.cgi, it will output > the cgi script source in the browser.
This can be changed by adding AddHandler cgi-script .pl to /etc/apache/srm.conf .. add any additional extensions you want to it and restart apache. >Otherwise, the error (500) I always > get is: > > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable > to complete your request. > > The logs say "Premature end of script headers", but I'm positive the script > is correctly formatted , since I've used it in other places. It has the two > newlines following the content-type. I've tried both a perl script and a > shell script. Any suggestions? try running the script at the command line see what happens, thats usually a good way to diagnose things. also what script is it ? can you post it somewhere so i can take a look at it. Also if you have suexec turned on in apache(for debian looks like default is off) you can turn it off to see if that helps, i had major probs with suexec in the past. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
