run perl scrip with post form from apache

[Matthew Seaman]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 11:11:19AM -0500, JJB wrote:

> The httpd-error.log has these messages now
> 
> (2)No such file or directory: exec of /usr/local/www/data/sim.pl
> failed
> [client ] Premature end of script headers:
> /usr/local/www/data/sim.pl
> 
> The sim.pl file is in that directory and it was given to me as am
> working script.

Check the ownership/permissions on the sim.pl file -- sounds like the
apache process doesn't have permission to read and/or execute the
file.  You probably want it to be mode 555 or 550 with the group set
to the same as the apache process.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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