Complex cgi script works, but test.cgi doesn't

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Complex cgi script works, but test.cgi doesn't

349 views Asked by XCS At 17 February 2011 at 21:03

I have two cgi files in the same cgi-bin folder. One complex 300hundread lines script works fine, but when it comes to this simple cgi-script:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html><head>";
print "<title>CGI Test</title>";
print "</head>";
print "<body><h1>I just wrote a web page using Perl!</h1>";
print "</body></html>";

the web page will return an 500 Internal Server Error...

Why?:(

EDIT: Ok, the problem was solved on one server, the cgi works fine. But...
Now I'm trying to make the cgi-scripts work on another server and it seems that no matter what I do I keep getting the "Internal server error" message and nothing in the error log. Any suggestions?

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Ted Hopp On 17 February 2011 at 21:07

Two possibilities come to mind:

your simple script does not have execute privilege set
test.cgi is a special name that is redirected elsewhere by the server configuration

Can you run test.cgi from the command line?

webdevbyjoss On 17 February 2011 at 21:19

Check Web-server logs for details.

In most cases its a permissions issues, not only the permission to execute this script but for example some web-servers by default refuse to execute scripts with 777 or any other writable permissions for security reasons.

Try to set 644 permissions for that file.

Ted Hopp On 21 February 2011 at 07:29

Regarding your follow-on question: what kind of server is the other server? Also, is the problem a specific script or all scripts? Can you use any scripts in your cgi-bin? If not, perhaps your virtual host is not configured properly, or perhaps perl is installed somewhere else.

**XCS** · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 13:26:08

XCS On 21 February 2011 at 13:26 BEST ANSWER

I've talked to the hosting firm and they said that they don't offer any "CGI/PERL" sript hosting...

So , problem solved... (kind of).

LESSON: Always read carefully before buying a hosting package :D

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