From dedang@psv.com.vn

Hi,
I have software perl-5.005_03-sol26-sparc-local.gz for installing Perl on
Solaris2.6/Sparc .
I performed in followed step by step :

  #gzip -d perl-5.005_03-sol26-sparc-local.gz
  #pkgadd -d perl-5.005_03-sol26-sparc-local
This step is ended successfully complete with binary code in /usr/local/bin
However , when i test Perl program in CGI on WebServer Apache that is also
on this Ultra10/Sparc machine with URL :
http​://142.152.212.12/cgi-bin/test.pl and the file test.pl contains first
line as " #!/usr/local/bin/perl " . It results error messages on browser
as :
"
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable
to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, dedang@​psv.com.vn and inform them
of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may
have caused the error.
Premature end of script headers​: /usr/local/apache/share/cgi-bin/test.pl
_________________________________________________________
Apache/1.3.3 Server at sun.psv.com.vn Port 80

"
Please help me to resolve this problem , if it can you instruct me in
detail .
Thank you very much .
De.dm

From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

At 12​:59 +0700 2000-03-09, De Minh Dang wrote​:

Premature end of script headers​: /usr/local/apache/share/cgi-bin/test.pl

In a few weeks, we would definitely be able to answer you "Read the
documentation!", because the forthcoming perl 5.6.0 will have an
exact match on the last line of your error message​:

  Premature end of script headers
  See Server error.

However, even perl 5.005_03's perldiag man page manages a match in
the first line of your diagnostic​:

Internal Server Error

Here's what the 5.6.0 documentation, which expands a little on what
5.005_03 has to say, will tell you about that​:

  Server error
  This is the error message generally seen in a browser window when
  trying to run a CGI program (including SSI) over the web. The actual
  error text varies widely from server to server. The most
  frequently-seen variants are "500 Server error", "Method (something)
  not permitted", "Document contains no data", "Premature end of
  script headers", and "Did not produce a valid header".

  This is a CGI error, not a Perl error.

  You need to make sure your script is executable, is accessible by
  the user CGI is running the script under (which is probably not the
  user account you tested it under), does not rely on any environment
  variables (like PATH) from the user it isn't running under, and
  isn't in a location where the CGI server can't find it, basically,
  more or less. Please see the following for more information​:

  http​://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FAQs/cgi/idiots-guide.html
  http​://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc/FAQs/cgi/perl-cgi-faq.html
  ftp​://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/www/cgi-faq
  http​://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/interface.html
  http​://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/faqs/www-security-faq.html

  You should also look at the perlfaq9 manpage.

Good luck.
--
Dominic Dunlop