[ic] Internal Server Error - How to trace problem?

interchange at tvcables.co.uk interchange at tvcables.co.uk
Sat Jan 29 11:36:39 EST 2005


Quoting Duane Hinkley <duane at downhomewebdesign.com>:

> interchange at tvcables.co.uk wrote:
>
> >Having manually installed DBD::mysql on my server with no root access, the
> >foundation catalog now seems to build ok and the server runs with the ...low
> >traffic setings etc. However any attempt to display the catalog or admin
> >results in an Internal Server Error 500. How do I trace this problem, the
> >error.log shows nothing abnormal?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Andy.
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> >
> Andy,
>
> The first place I'd look is in the web server logs.  Specifically the
> error_log.  That should tell you what file and path it's trying to
> access when you get the error.  Chances are the path is different from
> where you're script is.
>
> You also should check the permissions of the cgi for the catalog.
> Here's what mine look like:
>
> -rwsr-xr-x  1 interch interch 7716 Aug 29 08:52
> /home/downhom/www/cgi-bin/demo
>
> --

My permissions on the file are the same as yours, I have found the error in the
server log, it reads:-

error: file is either setuid or setgid

I have tried searching the archives on this but cannot see a solution, anyone?

Thanks,
Andy.




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