here are some steps to try. 1. Check the error log.. open a console: tail /var/log/httpd/error_log 2. Make sure the file was uploaded as asci not binary.. if you used an ftp client. 3. Make sure /etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf or httd.conf has a section for /cgi-bin/ and that its set to ALLOW. 4. If you uploaded it from a windows machine, or edited it from a windows machine, you have probably added windows control chars to the script..you need something like dos2unix to fix it, or use a win editor like textpad.com and make sure it is saved in "unix" format. (under view=>properties in textpad, and use "save as" to allow you to change it if its wrong.. 5 make sure the permissions and ownership are correct.. as a basis to see if you can get it working, try this:
chmod 755 myscript.pl chown apache.apache myscript.pl then try it again.. they are the most common problems I have seen with cgi scripts and server 500 errors. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aaron Sent: Thursday, 28 November 2002 12:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] cgi help Since were on the subject of cgi. I setup apache and put a test site in the var/www/html/ directory. I added some cgi scripts and programs I download from the net. However non of them will work for me. I checked that I have the correct path to perl But I still get Internal Server Error from the apache server. I don't know what I am missing. Could someone help?? Thanks Aaron On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 11:28, Franki wrote: > try swapping the url to the image and css from relative to absolute, and > move both out of the cgi-bin. > > they should be somewhere like /var/www/html/images > > in the script they should link to the URL.. > http://mydomain.com/images/gandhi.jpg > > see how you go with that. some setups will not server images and stuff from > the cgi-bin. > > rgds > > Franki > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of L.V.Gandhi > Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2002 11:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] cgi help > > > When I call the cgi file given below, I don't get the effects of stylesheet > mentioned in the header and also the picture. both the files are in the same > folder as that of the cgi file. > =============================================== > #!/usr/bin/perl > > print <<End; > Content-Type: text/html\n\n > <html> > <head> > <title>test</title> > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="teststyle.css" /> > </head> > <body> > <h1>test</h1> > <img src="gandhi.jpg" alt="My picture" height="153" width="131" > align="left"> > </body> > </html> > End > ============================== > I called the script with test .html given below. > <html><head><title>Test</title></head> > <body> > <a href="cgi-bin/test1.pl">csstest<a><br> > </body></html> > What should be done to get the desired effect. > -- > L.V.Gandhi > 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 > MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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