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| Date | 2012-08-20 07:59 -0400 |
|---|---|
| From | Rod Person <rodperson@rodperson.com> |
| Subject | Re: [CGI] Basic newbie error or server configuration error? |
| References | <6c84389rqmrj01cppc0ppiedqd44o4mfdf@4ax.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3549.1345464328.4697.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
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.
--
Rod Person http://www.rodperson.com rodperson@rodperson.com
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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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