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Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error?

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Date Mon, 20 Aug 2012 07:59:39 -0400
From Rod Person <rodperson@rodperson.com>
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Subject Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error?
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:41:20 +0200
Gilles <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> Hello
> 
> Apache fails running this basic CGI script that I found on the Net:
> 
> www.acme.com/cgi-bin/test.py?name=myname
> ===========
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> 
> # Import modules for CGI handling
> import cgi, cgitb
> 
> cgitb.enable()
> 
> # Create instance of FieldStorage
> form = cgi.FieldStorage()
> 
> # Get data from field 'name'
> #name = form['name'].value
> name = form.getvalue('name')
> ===========
> 
> This is what I get:
> ===========
> "Internal Server Error
> 
> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
> unable to complete your request.
> 
> Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to
> use an ErrorDocument to handle the request."
> ===========
> 
> FWIW, the script lives in www/cgi-bin/ where it should, was chmoded to
> 755, and I put the following .htaccess file:
> ===========
> Options +ExecCGI
> AddHandler cgi-script .py
> ===========
> 
> I'm not sure where to look for an error. Could it be some non-printed,
> bad characters that prevent Python from compiling the source code?
> 
> Thanks for any help.


Check the Apache error log, there should be more information there.

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[CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error? Gilles <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-08-20 13:41 +0200
  Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error? Gilles <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-08-20 13:56 +0200
  Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error? Rod Person <rodperson@rodperson.com> - 2012-08-20 07:59 -0400
    Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error? Gilles <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-08-20 15:50 +0200
      Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error? Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-08-20 16:56 +0200
        Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error? Gilles <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-08-20 17:51 +0200

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