[perl] HTML::Template breaking cgi script

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i've chmoded the file base.cgi to 755 and configured perl -- according to CPAN i've successfully installed a module called 'HTML::Template', although whenever i try to import it into a script the page returns a '500 internal server error'.

i've checked my logs and they give me no errors.

here's my .cgi file:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use CGI qw(:all);
use HTML::Template; #<-- if i remove this line the script will work
use POSIX;

print header;

print 'hello';
#my $template = HTML::Template -> new(filename => 'base.tmpl');
#$template -> param(day => strftime('%A', localtime()));
#print $template -> output();

my error log reports:

[14/Aug/2014:19:35:40 +0000] "GET /base.cgi HTTP/1.0" 500 723 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0"

why's it doing this

Answer 1

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What is the result of the CGI script if you run it in shell?

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answered 14 Aug '14, 23:36

johns ♦♦
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it runs it and returns no errors that i can see

(14 Aug '14, 23:39) Andromeda

When you installed it did you follow the documentation to edit the path information?

(14 Aug '14, 23:52) johns ♦♦

yeah i'm quite sure i typed it all correctly.

(14 Aug '14, 23:57) Andromeda

I tried running the code as your user and received a 500 error, for premature end of script headers. Would it be possible for you to create a live file we could test or submit a support ticket so we can look closer?

(15 Aug '14, 00:29) johns ♦♦

yeah i'll send in a support ticket with that information

(15 Aug '14, 01:59) Andromeda

Answer 2

0	Your script is missing execute permissions. You can fix it by running `chmod 711 /home/you/webapps/whatever/base.cgi`. Hope that helps! permanent link answered 14 Aug '14, 23:43 seanf 12.2k●3●18●36 accept rate: 37% nah it's still busted (14 Aug '14, 23:56) Andromeda

[perl] HTML::Template breaking cgi script

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