[freeside] signup.cgi errors

ivan ivan at 420.am
Mon Jun 5 23:06:17 PDT 2000


On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 09:34:48AM -0500, Kenny Elliott wrote:
> > There's no promise that the CVS version will even run, let alone do
> > everything correctly.  If you're not doing development or debugging, stick
> > with the released version.
> 
> I also tried the signup.cgi from the stable release with the same results.
> 
> > > I have perl 5.6 installed with apache 1.3.12 and mysql 3.23.16.
> > >
> > > I am running the freeside scripts using apache's suexec.
> >
> > signup.cgi is not part of the normal Freeside scripts.  It should run on
> > a separate machine.  Hopefully you're doing that.  :)
> 
> no, I am running them on the same machine. This is not a production
> environment I'm simply tring to test the software at this point.

Well, if you're going to run it on the same machine for testing purposes,
you'll need to use a separate iteration of Apache. 

Your problem stems from running signup.cgi using a suEXEC Apache server. 
Don't do that. 


> > > Everything seems to run fine except the signup.cgi. The signup server is
> > > running but when I attempt to go to the signup.cgi vi a web
> > browser I get an
> > > "Internal Server Error" and the log shows a "Premature end of script
> > > headers" error.
> >
> > Did you run fs_signup_server on the freeside machine, and verify that
> > fs_signupd is running on the external web server?
> 
> fs_signup_server starts without any complaints and a quick look at the
> running processes shows that it ssh'd in and ran /usr/local/sbin/fs_signupd
> 
> > Without the complete exact error message you receive, I am probably unable
> > to assist you.  Kindly post a comprehensive and accurate description of
> > your problem.  Thanks.
> 
> a snipit of the error log shows..
> 
> [Thu Jun  1 10:08:24 2000] [error] [client 204.1.69.58] Premature end of
> script headers: /usr/local/freeside/htdocs/signup/signup.cgi
> [Thu Jun  1 10:08:25 2000] [error] [client 204.1.69.58] Premature end of
> script headers: /usr/local/freeside/htdocs/signup/signup.cgi
> [Thu Jun  1 10:15:08 2000] [error] [client 204.1.69.58] Premature end of
> script headers: /usr/local/freeside/htdocs/signup/signup.cgi
> [Thu Jun  1 10:15:10 2000] [error] [client 204.1.69.58] Premature end of
> script headers: /usr/local/freeside/htdocs/signup/signup.cgi
> [Thu Jun  1 10:15:11 2000] [error] [client 204.1.69.58] Premature end of
> script headers: /usr/local/freeside/htdocs/signup/signup.cgi
> [Thu Jun  1 10:20:39 2000] [error] [client 204.1.69.58] Premature end of
> script headers: /usr/local/freeside/htdocs/signup/signup.cgi
> [Thu Jun  1 10:20:41 2000] [error] [client 204.1.69.58] Premature end of
> script headers: /usr/local/freeside/htdocs/signup/signup.cgi
> 
> 

-- 
meow
_ivan



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