Re: CGI troubleshooting

Make sure your script can be executed by the user the webserver runs scripts
as, usually "nobody","www", "apache", or some other account with extremely
low access


----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Mahelona <mahelona(at)visicom.com>
To: <hwg-servers(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 2:30 PM
Subject: CGI troubleshooting


> I'm trying to set up Apache 1.3.19 to execute a cgi program, but when I
> test an html form that sends mail to myself,  I keep getting:
> Internal Server Error
> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
unable
> to complete your request.
> Please contact the server administrator, and inform him of the time the
> error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the
> error.
> More information about this error may be available in the server error
log.
> When I check the server error log, the only thing it states is that a
> "child process could not be spawned".  I'm not sure if I set up the
> httpd.conf file in Apache correctly, but I think that the path for my
> cgi-bin directory is correct, and it appears that Apache is finding my
> file.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ryan Mahelona
> Software Engineer
> Visicom, A Titan Company
> San Diego, CA.
> mahelona(at)titan.com
> (858) 527-4137
>
>

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