William, Unless someone else on this list has any other suggestions, I will try to recreate it on my system tonight. Can I get a couple of other pieces of info from you:
What versions of Apache, Perl, and PAR are you using? Also, can you send the sections of your httpd.conf dealing with CGI setup? Thanks, Nathan On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:58:33 -0800, William Hayden wrote: > > > Nathan, > > I changed my script to the very simple on that you > suggested below. I still > get the same result, it will run from the command line > (with the user set to > "nobody" from the cgi-bin directory). It won't run > from Apache. We're not > using mod_perl. > > Interestingly, I downloaded perlapp and was able to get > the script (my full > blown one, not the simple one used here) to work within > a few minutes. > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > William, > > > > I haven't tried this, but it is certainly an > > interesting idea. Not sure what the problem is > > offhand, but you might want to try an even simpler > test script, maybe > > something like: > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > print "Content-Type: text/plain\n\nHello World\n"; > > > > You mentioned that you could run it from the command > > line, can you also run the perl script directly from > > the cgi-bin directory? > > > > Also, do you have mod_perl installed? If so (or if > installing it is > > an option), you may want to check out Apache::PAR > > (http://search.cpan.org/~nbyrd/Apache-PAR/), which is > > designed for running PAR archives under Apache. > > > > I am definitly interested in hearing how this turns > out > > for you. I have an item on my TODO to get a version > of Apache::PAR > > for use with regular CGI, including as an executable > archive. > > > > Regards, > > > > Nathan > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:43:42 -0800, William Hayden > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm having some trouble with an application that I > ran > > > pp on. I can run the > > > resulting application on the command line, but when > I access it via > > > a web browser and Apache runs it, the script fails. > The > > error > > > message in the > > > Apache error log indicates the problem is a > > compilation > > > error in the script. > > > The script follows: > > > > > > > > > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > > > > > > > > > > > > use CGI; # > load > > > CGI routines > > > > > > $q = new CGI; # > > create > > > new CGI object > > > > > > print $q->header, # > > create > > > the HTTP header > > > > > > $q->start_html('hello world'), # > start > > > the HTML > > > > > > $q->h1('hello world'), # > level > > > 1 header > > > > > > $q->end_html; # end > > > the HTML > > > > > > > > > > > > 1; > > > > > > > > > > > > As you can see, I went back to a simple "hello > world" script for > > > testing purposes. > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the error message in the Apache error log: > > > > > > > > > > > > criteria_view.cgi: execution of criteria_view.cgi > > > failed - aborting with -1. > > > > > > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 660. > > > > > > [Thu Nov 20 17:02:41 2003] [error] [client > > > 10.131.1.146] Premature end of > > > script headers: > /home/httpd/html/wdh/toolbox/criteria_view.cgi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the command line I used for pp: > > > > > > > > > > > > pp --verbose 5 -o /tmp/criteria_view.cgi -I . -I > ${LIBS_PATH} -I > > > ${LIBS_PATH}/ToolboxDB criteria_view.cgi > > > > > > > > > > > > Once I use the above command, I copy > > > /tmp/criteria_view.cgi to > > > /home/httpd/html/wdh/toolbox/criteria_view.cgi so > Apache can find > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > In my tests with running it from the command line, I > > > log in as user "nobody" > > > since that is the user Apache will run the script > as. > > > Again, the executable > > > produced by pp runs from the command line, but not > > when > > > Apache runs the > > > script. > > > > > > > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > William D. Hayden > > > > > > Keynote Sytems, Inc. > > > > > > (972) 578-7429 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This email message, and any attachments to it, are > for > > > the sole use of the > > > intended recipients, and may contain confidential > and privileged > > > information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure > > > or distribution of > > > this email message or its attachments is > prohibited. > > > If you are not the > > > intended recipient, please contact the sender by > reply > > > email and destroy all > > > copies of the original message. > > This email message, and any attachments to it, are for > the sole use of the > intended recipients, and may contain confidential and > privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure > or distribution of > this email message or its attachments is prohibited. > If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply > email and destroy all > copies of the original message.
