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internal server error (500) in simple cgi script

Answer 1

+6 A:

You might need a #!/usr/bin/python at the top of your script to tell Apache to use Python to execute it. At least, I did that and it worked for me :-) .

Paul Stephenson 2009-09-23 08:44:12

thank you, it works.

flybywire 2009-09-23 08:45:34

Answer 2

A:

It looks like Apache has trouble executing it. Typically for a unix script you also need to specify the interpreter at the top of the script.

Try adding this to the top:

#!/usr/bin/python

Andre Miller 2009-09-23 08:45:40

Answer 3

+1 A:

Also, save the file (if this is a Linux server) with Unix line endings. You did make it executable using chmod +x didn't you?

You can use #!/usr/bin/env python to cover more setup options.

Dave Everitt 2009-09-23 08:53:14

When I tried it without `chmod +x` there was a different error: `(13)Permission denied: exec of '/home/flybywire/www/cgi-bin/main.py' failed`.

Paul Stephenson 2009-09-23 08:58:16

That's simply because chmod +x makes the file permissions executable - making the file executable is a prerequisite, really.

Dave Everitt 2009-09-23 10:15:01

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