Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error?

2012-08-20 Thread Gilles
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:56:14 +0200, Hans Mulder wrote: >Most such panels have a button to show the error log for your own site. > >If you can't find it, ask the help desk of the web hosting company. > >If there really is no way for you to see the error log, ask the help >desk to mail you the error

Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error?

2012-08-20 Thread Hans Mulder
On 20/08/12 15:50:43, Gilles wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:59:39 -0400, Rod Person > wrote: >> Check the Apache error log, there should be more information there. > > It's a shared account, so I only have access to what's in cPanel, > which didn't display anything. Most such panels have a butt

Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error?

2012-08-20 Thread Gilles
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:59:39 -0400, Rod Person wrote: >Check the Apache error log, there should be more information there. It's a shared account, so I only have access to what's in cPanel, which didn't display anything. Problem solved. Thank you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pytho

Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error?

2012-08-20 Thread Rod Person
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:41:20 +0200 Gilles wrote: > Hello > > Apache fails running this basic CGI script that I found on the Net: > > www.acme.com/cgi-bin/test.py?name=myname > === > #!/usr/bin/env python > > # Import modules for CGI handling > import cgi, cgitb > > cgitb.enable() > >

Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error?

2012-08-20 Thread Gilles
Found it: The script MUST return something to the browser. I was missing this: print "Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8" print # print a document print "Name is %s" % ( cgi.escape(name), ) Sorry about that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

[CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error?

2012-08-20 Thread Gilles
Hello Apache fails running this basic CGI script that I found on the Net: www.acme.com/cgi-bin/test.py?name=myname === #!/usr/bin/env python # Import modules for CGI handling import cgi, cgitb cgitb.enable() # Create instance of FieldStorage form = cgi.FieldStorage() # Get data from f