>>>>>Fedora Core 4 >>>>>Apache 2.0.54 >>>>> >>>>>I seem to be having this same problem. I read the manual at: >>>>> >>>>>http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/cgi.html#writing >>>>> >>>>>and created the "first.pl" file. when I run "./first.pl" from the >>>>>command >>>>>line, all it prints is: >>>>> >>>>>Content-type: text/html >>>>> >>>>>and does not print the "Hello, World." at all. >>>>> >>>>>And in my browser - it gives me the "Internal Server Error" >>>>> >>>>>All it says in my error logs is: >>>>> >>>>>[Thu Feb 23 08:55:35 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] Premature end >>>>>of script headers: first.pl >>>>> >>>>>If anyone could point me in the direction where I need to look, it >>>>>would be >>>>>greatly appriciated >>>> >>>>It sounds a lot like you are missing the empty line that terminates >>>>the header. This is the 'header' that initiates the transfer and >>>>precedes the <html><head>... stuff. It is usually sent for you when >>>>the server reads and sends out a .html file. But if you are running >>>>a script or binary that is creating the content, you have to take care >>>>of that little detail. >>>> >>>>You need to start with a line something like: >>>> >>>> Content-type: text/html\n\n >>>> >>>>eg. in Perl, for example a print for the first of the data sent >>>> would look like: >>>> >>>> print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; >>>> >>>> >>>>////jerry >>> >>>That's exactly what I have - here's the first.pl file: >>> >>>#!/usr/bin/perl >>>print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; >>>print "Hello, World."; >>> >>>Also - I guess ie does work via command line as shown: >>> >>>[root@serv7 cgi-bin]# ./first.pl >>>Content-type: text/html >>> >>>Hello, World.[root@serv7 cgi-bin]# >>> >>>Just "missed" it since it was on the same line - I then added a couple >>>\n\n to it, and it prints nicely. >>> >>>However, it does not display anything vai the browser - just the >>>"Internal Server Error" >>> >>>[Thu Feb 23 12:45:35 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] Premature end of >>>script headers: first.pl >>> >>>Thanks for the help. >>>Scott >>> >>is ur server running as nobody >>check it >> >>Reagrds >>Azeem > >In my httpd.conf file - it shows: >User nobody >Group nobody > >Thanks, >Scott > ok try it running as some other user, like create one for it, say httpuser and the set directory permissions to that user and then check i hope it'll get executed and also let me know if it works Regards Azeem I created a new user called httpuser, tried both: /shell/nologin /bin/bash Both produced the following errors in my logs: [Thu Feb 23 15:23:07 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] (13)Permission denied: exec of '/usr/sbin/suexec' failed [Thu Feb 23 15:23:07 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] Premature end of script headers: hello.cgi [Thu Feb 23 15:23:13 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] (13)Permission denied: exec of '/usr/sbin/suexec' failed [Thu Feb 23 15:23:13 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] Premature end of script headers: hello.pl [Thu Feb 23 15:23:17 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] (13)Permission denied: exec of '/usr/sbin/suexec' failed [Thu Feb 23 15:23:17 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] Premature end of script headers: test.pl [Thu Feb 23 15:23:19 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] (13)Permission denied: exec of '/usr/sbin/suexec' failed [Thu Feb 23 15:23:19 2006] [error] [client xx.xx.xx.xx] Premature end of script headers: test.pl I then went back to the website: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/cgi.html#writing and re-read about suexec, and disabled it, restarted apache, changed user and group back to nobody, restarted again. It complained a bit about: Warning: SuexecUserGroup directive requires SUEXEC wrapper. which probably comes from my httpd.conf file - the SuexecUserGroup: <VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx:80> SuexecUserGroup "#508" "#508" ServerName newdomain.com ServerAlias www.newdomain.com DocumentRoot /home/testdomain/public_html ErrorLog /home/testdomain/logs/error_log CustomLog /home/testdomain/logs/access_log common ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/testdomain/cgi-bin/ <Directory /home/testdomain/public_html> Options Indexes IncludesNOEXEC FollowSymLinks allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost> With all that said, it will now run the cgi scripts fine. My problem probably started when I followed the directions below to build my Fedora Core 4 server: http://www.falkotimme.com/howtos/perfect_setup_fedora_core_4/ Anyways - it's all working for now. Thanks for your help. Scott Miller ________________________________________________ Message sent using InterBel.net Webmail 2.7.2 at www.interbel.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx