[BlueOnyx:11258] Re: CGI problem?

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Wisja,

> I'm trying to get a contactform working on a suphp enabled site.
> The Server (5108) runs php 5.3 and CGI is enabled for the website. 
> 
> [Fri Aug 31 12:56:32 2012] [error] [client 111.222.333.444] malformed header from 
> script. Bad header=/home/.sites/111/site30/.users: contactform.php, referer: 
> http://thewebsitesname.com/contact/contactform.php
> 
> When calling the script it gives an "Internal Server Error" with the following lines:
> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to 
> complete your request. Your administrator may not have enabled CGI access for this 
> directory.

The contact form has the extension *.php, so it is a PHP script. For
that you do not need CGI. Just PHP (or suPHP) needs to be enabled.

If the script in question is a Perl script, it should have the extension
*.pl or *.cgi instead.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber