Apache Error 13, Permission Denied

I have Apache 1.3.27 installed on a Mandrake Linux box.

I'm attempting to execute a CGI script and I receive a error 500 message.

The error logs say:

[Tue Jul 15 18:14:35 2003] [error] (13)Permission denied: exec of /web/cdd/cgi-bin/test.cgi failed
[Tue Jul 15 18:14:35 2003] [error] [client 24.169.88.243] Premature end of script headers: /web/cdd/cgi-bin/test.cgi

First two lines of the CGI are:
#! /usr/local/ruby
puts "Content-Type: text/htmlnn"

Both the directory and the file's permissions are 755.

I can't figure it out. Any ideas?

Thanks.

-Tim

Do you have a ScriptAlias to that directory? If you don't know what I am talking about let me know I will tell you how to fix your httpd.conf file

Unfortunately, I checked that also.

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/web/cdd/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/web/cdd/cgi-bin">
Options ExecCGI
</Directory>

I even tried commenting out all my ScriptAlias lines and making everything +ExecCGI, and eitherway it's still the same results.

-Tim

Do you even have ruby installed?

Do a

whereis ruby

What do you get back?

Yes...
[root@www]# whereis ruby
ruby: /usr/bin/ruby

And I do appologize, in my first post I said the first line of the CGI is #! /usr/local/ruby... That was a typo on my part. The first line of the CGI script is really pointing to the correct location, /usr/bin/ruby.

Perhaps a module is not loaded correctly?

-Tim

Then change your first line to

!# /usr/bin/ruby

You had #! /usr/local/ruby

no... the first line of the CGI script should be #!. It's known as the sh'bang line (Hash[#], Bang[!]). And it is pointing to the correct location for the ruby interpretor /usr/bin/ruby

Perhaps I should just rm everything and reinstall? Maybe it's a fluke thing. I've never run into this problem before. Usually just the chmod +x works.

-Tim

In your first post you had

Then you said whereis was /usr/bin/ruby

I am confused.

Sorry for the confusion; I noticed my type-o (see my 3rd messge).

whereis ruby returns /usr/bin/ruby.

the first line of my cgi-script is #! /usr/bin/ruby

I have set my cgi as executable with chmod +x test.cgi

I do not make use of ScriptAliasing in Apache's config file.

I'm going to reinstall Apache. I'm hoping this is just a fluke or misconfiguration during compile.

-Tim

Sigh. Unfortunately, it's still not working. But I did have an idea.

Linux is running in "secure" mode, would that have anything to do with it?

-Tim

I may be on to something...

CGI scripts will run in directories owned only by root.

# chown webusr /web/cgi-bin
The script won't run

# chown root /web/cgi-bin
The script runs fine.

So where do I go to fix that 'glitch'?

-Tim

I don't have an answer...but I'm bumping this thread...

Who owns the script now? Who owns the directory it is in? Just for testing did you try to 777 the script?

Thread moved to a resolved status.

Original poster: if you still need assistance, please answer the queries and move the thread back to unresolved. thanks!