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Premature End of Script Headers

By Carla on Jul 23, 2008 at 11:07 PM 12 Vote 0 Votes

After upgrading to 4.2RC4 from RC3, I'm getting an 500 Internal Server error when I attempt to log in. I check the server error logs and it's a premature end of script headers error. /home/xxxxxxx/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi

Any suggestions on how to correct this?

Thanks in advance.

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    Author Profile Page Carla | July 24, 2008 6:21 AM | Reply

    Oh yeah, and I have verified the files were uploaded correctly and that all the permissions are set as they should be as well.

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    Author Profile Page StriderSEO | July 24, 2008 10:45 AM | Reply

    I had the same issue on a test site. I figured out that the problem was related to the /cgi-bin/mt directory permissions being changed to 777.

    I had checked all the other files, re-uploaded, etc. Missed that simple thing.

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    Author Profile Page Carla | July 24, 2008 3:38 PM | Reply

    I've checked permissions on all folders and they're all correct too. Still no luck with logging in. I am able to enter my username and password, but when I click "sign in" I get the 500 Internal Server Error.

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    Author Profile Page Carla | July 26, 2008 6:54 AM | Reply

    Any other suggestions anyone?

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    Author Profile Page Rob Kenny | July 26, 2008 10:34 AM | Reply

    Does mt-check run correctly?

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    Author Profile Page Rob Kenny | July 26, 2008 12:54 PM | Reply

    Anything else in the web server logs?

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    Author Profile Page Carla | July 26, 2008 1:31 PM | Reply

    Here's the log:

    [2008-07-26 02:31:16]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-26 02:31:05]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-26 02:30:33]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:57:16]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:57:16]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:57:13]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:57:11]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:56:31]: error: file is writable by others: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:51:56]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:51:55]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:51:55]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:51:49]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:51:45]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:51:35]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:51:19]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-25 22:04:41]: error: directory is writable by others: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin)
    [2008-07-25 22:04:33]: error: directory is writable by others: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin)
    [2008-07-24 17:07:32]: error: file has no execute permission: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-24 13:50:25]: error: directory is writable by others: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin)
    [2008-07-24 13:50:17]: error: directory is writable by others: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin)
    [2008-07-24 02:08:05]: error: file is writable by others: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [2008-07-24 02:07:54]: error: file is writable by others: (/home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi)
    [Sat Jul 26 16:19:57 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/500.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 16:19:57 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] Premature end of script headers: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi
    [Sat Jul 26 16:15:44 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/500.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 16:15:44 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] Premature end of script headers: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi
    [Sat Jul 26 16:15:35 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 16:15:35 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/favicon.ico
    [Sat Jul 26 16:15:35 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/500.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 16:15:35 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] Premature end of script headers: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi
    [Sat Jul 26 16:00:10 2008] [error] [client 74.6.17.160] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 16:00:10 2008] [error] [client 74.6.17.160] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/mt/entertainment/
    [Sat Jul 26 16:00:10 2008] [error] [client 74.6.17.160] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 16:00:10 2008] [error] [client 74.6.17.160] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/robots.txt
    [Sat Jul 26 15:55:30 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/500.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:55:30 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] Premature end of script headers: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi
    [Sat Jul 26 15:53:27 2008] [error] [client 66.231.189.93] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:53:27 2008] [error] [client 66.231.189.93] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/mt/fyi/
    [Sat Jul 26 15:53:26 2008] [error] [client 66.231.188.51] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:53:26 2008] [error] [client 66.231.188.51] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/robots.txt
    [Sat Jul 26 15:53:02 2008] [error] [client 86.130.228.149] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/500.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:53:02 2008] [error] [client 86.130.228.149] Premature end of script headers: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt-config.cgi
    [Sat Jul 26 15:52:32 2008] [error] [client 72.29.65.116] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:52:32 2008] [error] [client 72.29.65.116] script not found or unable to stat: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.js
    [Sat Jul 26 15:48:03 2008] [error] [client 86.130.228.149] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:48:03 2008] [error] [client 86.130.228.149] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/favicon.ico
    [Sat Jul 26 15:48:00 2008] [error] [client 86.130.228.149] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:48:00 2008] [error] [client 86.130.228.149] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/favicon.ico
    [Sat Jul 26 15:21:31 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:21:31 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/favicon.ico
    [Sat Jul 26 15:21:28 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 15:21:28 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/favicon.ico
    [Sat Jul 26 12:18:52 2008] [error] [client 65.55.105.86] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 12:18:52 2008] [error] [client 65.55.105.86] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/robots.txt
    [Sat Jul 26 10:21:26 2008] [error] [client 87.234.234.66] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 10:21:26 2008] [error] [client 87.234.234.66] script not found or unable to stat: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt
    [Sat Jul 26 10:21:22 2008] [error] [client 222.73.41.9] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 10:21:22 2008] [error] [client 222.73.41.9] script not found or unable to stat: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt
    [Sat Jul 26 09:50:33 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/404.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 09:50:33 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/favicon.ico
    [Sat Jul 26 09:50:33 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] File does not exist: /home/neocarla/public_html/500.shtml
    [Sat Jul 26 09:50:33 2008] [error] [client 66.137.224.189] Premature end of script headers: /home/neocarla/public_html/cgi-bin/mt.cgi

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    Author Profile Page Carla | July 27, 2008 9:38 PM | Reply

    I just did a new install, and all seems to be fine thus far. And still not certain what was screwed up with the R3 to R4 upgrade.

    Thanks to those of you who replied.

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    Author Profile Page Eric Lee | December 12, 2008 6:48 AM | Reply

    Not sure if you ever figured this out, but I had the same issues, and discovered that even if all my *.cgi files had the 755 permissions but the parent directory (i.e. all the *.cgi files within directory "/mt/") had the permission set to 777, then it would still give me the 500 error. When I changed the blog directory itself to 755, then it worked!

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    Author Profile Page partha | March 23, 2009 2:47 AM | Reply

    i am also fscing same type of problelm.
    please help me .
    i want a quick help about this.

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    Author Profile Page William Lozito | January 15, 2010 3:00 PM | Reply

    Did anyone use a third party to help with the install? If so, which one?
    Thanks

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