Re: cgi and mod_perl-1.26, Apache-1.27, perl-5.8.0, FreeBSD fail with 'The document contained no data'

George Savvides wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am having problems running cgi scripts under mod_perl.  I
> realise that this question has been asked before but I have not
> been able to find a reference to this particular behaviour in the
> manuals or newsgroups.
>
> Problem summary
> ---------------
> Scripts running under mod_perl fail.  Netscape returns the popup
>
>   'The document contained no data'
>
> Nothing is printed in the browser window.  Scripts that use the
> mod_perl api work OK.
>
> Example scripts
> ---------------
> The cgi script below fails.
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
> print "Hello World\n";
>
>
> The mod_perl api script below works.
>
> my $r = Apache->request;
> $r->content_type("text/plain");
> $r->send_http_header;
> $r->print("Hello World");
>
> Script configuration
> --------------------
> Alias /perlbin ${TOP}/perlbin
> PerlModule Apache::Registry
> <Location /perlbin>
>   SetHandler perl-script
>   Perlhandler Apache::Registry
>   Options +ExecCGI
>   allow from all
>   PerlSendHeader On
> </Location>
>
> Machine config
> --------------
> The cgi script fails on this box:
>
> FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE-p23
> Apache/1.3.27
> perl-5.8.0
> mod_perl-1.26
>
> The same cgi script with the same script config works fine on
> this one:
>
> FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE-p23
> Apache/1.3.20
> perl-5.005_03
> mod_perl-1.26
>
>
> It looks as if the CGI script is not returning its stdout to the
> browser but I can't for the life of me see why.  Any help would
> be very much appreciated.

What has error_log to say about this? Do you have the file perms right?



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