Have you installed mod_perl?, I'm not saying you can't run scripts without it but I've had no problems with, perl 5.6.1 vms 7.3 apache 1.3.20 and the supported version of mod perl. When you install mod_perl it adds directives to some of the conf files that you need. There's may be an easier way but maybe this will help. I could also mail you extracts of an apache config file if that would help.
Martin. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 25 November 2002 13:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Apache won't run perl scripts I've installed Apache 1.3.20 on an Alpha running VMS 7.3-1 and am trying to use perl v5.6. Perl is installed fine and runs without problem from the command line. However, when I try and run a perl cgi script using the browser I get "Internal Server Error". The problem seems to be that Apache want's to run everything as a DCL command file as when I look in ERROR_LOG I see the warning "malformed header from script. Bad header=%DCL-W-NOCOMD, no command on l: ". Can someone please tell me how I get round this. This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. --------------------------------------------- Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes (ci-apres le "message") sont etablis a l'intention exclusive de ses destinataires et sont confidentiels. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de le detruire et d'en avertir immediatement l'expediteur. Toute utilisation de ce message non conforme a sa destination, toute diffusion ou toute publication, totale ou partielle, est interdite, sauf autorisation expresse. L'internet ne permettant pas d'assurer l'integrite de ce message, BNP PARIBAS (et ses filiales) decline(nt) toute responsabilite au titre de ce message, dans l'hypothese ou il aurait ete modifie.