[Solved] Cannot Execute Cgi Scripts

[Acren]

Hi there, I've been trying to get a CGI hello world script working, but nothing at all seems to work. I've tried python, I've tried perl, I've tried running from both cgi-bin and root, I've tried renaming to both .cgi and .py, set permissions, deleted and recreated the files, nothing works at all. They all give 500: Internal server error.

 

What can I do about this?

 

Thanks.

[Byron]

You haven't edited your .htaccess file have you?

 

This script should work for you as long as it ends in .cgi or.pl and you give it file permissions 755.

 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use CGI ':standard';
$current_time = localtime;
print header,
start_html('A Virtual Clock'),
h1('A Virtual Clock'),
"The current time is $current_time - PST.",
hr,
end_html;

[Acren]

Thanks for your reply.

I tried that script, but it also give a 500. My htaccess is blank, is it supposed to be?

 

Edit: Actually, I forgot to change the permissions for it, but I can't access the control panel, it's also giving error 500.

[Byron]

Are you on the Johnny server. he seems to be down at the moment.

[Acren]

Yes, I'm on the Johnny server.

Cpanel seems to have fixed itself, and I updated the permissions for the script you provided but it still doesn't run.

[Byron]

Johnny is still down. Once Johnny is back up refresh your cache or rename the file and try the script I posted again.