I have tried 3 different cgi/pl scripts and all gave the same result. Internal Error 500. Check in my server logs and this is what I found in my error

Access log:

127.0.0.1 - - [11/Sep/2009:11:38:04 -0400] "GET /cgi-bin/scripts.cgi HTTP/1.1" 500 535

Error log:

[Fri Sep 11 11:38:04 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: dirpass.cgi

httpd.pid:

6073

The odd thing is when I tried this random script:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/plain\n\nHet werkt!\n";

It displayed the text: Het werkt!

I know the error 500 could mean anything from a permission setting to a bad script, but...3 scripts in a row? If you think I should try another script, I am looking for one which will password protect folders on a server. Need to have admin area to store usernames / passwords. Here's three I already tried: Directorypass, Locked-Area, DeadBolt.

All gave me the dreaded internal server 500 error message. Even though one script worked, could that mean a bad installation of apache2? The install seemed to go fine. And I couldn't see how one script could work, while others don't work...Especially 3 in a row. Please advise.

Thanks!
-Brian

did the other scripts have the content-type set?

What are the permissions on the files, try setting them to 755 if there not already.

The blame seems to be placed more on the scripts than you installation:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mis...script-headers
http://htmlfixit.com/cgi-tutes/tutor....php#premature

In short, try to look in the cgi file if they include the line

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

somewhere. If not, this is the problem.

I fixed this...Found out that I had a corrupted cgim module. When I re-installed apache, everything turned out fine. It was a major pain to figure out, but when all else fails, you have to start from scratch...That helped.