>Number: 4165 >Category: os-windows >Synopsis: "Cannot spawn child process"? >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 29 15:20:01 PST 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.6 >Environment: WinNT Client 4.0 with Service Pack 4 Latest Perl from ActivePerl >Description: I installed Apache 1.3.6 and modified my httpd.conf to have the options that have worked for me on my Linux box to serve standard Perl CGI scripts. I have the world's simplest perl script installed in the cgi-bin directory, and can execute it from the command line or by double-clicking it, so it's properly associtade from Perl. I'm using FAT so I shouldn't have any permissions problems. And the server serves pages fine. But if I try to point it to my Perl script, it generates the following error in the log file:
[error] [client 129.74.75.173] (2)No such file or directory: couln't spawn child process: c:/www/physics/cgi-bin/hello.pl even though that's the absolutely correct path to my executable. I apologize if this is my misconfiguration mistake--I tried to play with all possible options in the httpd.conf file but to no avail. Could it be a problem with the server? Can you give me any hints where the problem might be? Thanks! p.s.: I searched your faq, dejanews, and the problem report database first, naturally... >How-To-Repeat: http://particle.phys.nd.edu/www/physics/cgi-bin/hello.pl (but it just gives the standard error...) >Fix: I wish I did! >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] [If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] [from a developer. ] [Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]
