using python as cgi on apache unix

[josh_py at sautez.com]

"Dennis Reinhardt" <DennisR at dair.com> wrote in message
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> > ... want to move this to my unix server.  Unfortunately, no matter what
I
> > do I can not get apache on my linux box to execute any python scripts.
I
> > get the following errors in apache:
> > Premature end of script headers: /var/www/html/cgi-bin/test.py
>
> What do you get when you type "test.py" at the shell prompt when logged
into
> the cgi directory on the RH box at the command line?  Do you get:
> ---
> ---
> Content-Type: text/html
> ---
> hello
>
> where "---" is taken as a blank line?  I agree with Gerhard that the
initial
> print "\n\n" is wrong.  But your comment trying the cgi.test suggests that
> something else is going on.  The above test may sniff out that something
> else.
>
>
> Dennis Reinhardt
>
> http://www.dair.com
>
>

I do get the correct results.  I also removed the blank lines and it still
didnt' work.

I have now moved the script to yet another machine and now it works.  I must
have Apache configured in such a way on the one machine that it is confused.
It knows the .py are executible and such but does not execute them
correctly.  There is a problem with how apache is seeing the file and
executing the program.  I will have to review the httpd.conf file in both
cases to try to figure it out.

Thanks for the suggestion and pointing out my errors with the print
statements.

Josh