Re: [cobalt-users] Script sometimes errors

[Alfredo <alfredo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Sometimes when a script on one of my raq3's runns it throws back a error
> html page, now I checked the /var/log/httpd/error log file and got this;
>
> [Thu Dec  7 13:52:29 2000] [warn] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] handler
> "cgi-wrapper" not found for: /home/sites/site7/web/cgi-bin/mmstdol.cgi
>
> It only happens every now and then, what could be causing it?

That cgi-wrap error usually means a paths problem or a permissions 
problem but it's very strange that you're only encountering it 
sporadically.

Is this the only script on your machine that presents this problem?

Does it happen only when you first try to call it? Or is it during a 
specific action being taken with the script? If the latter, there 
could be a configuration problem in the script configs or you may 
have a permission problem with one of the htm pages that Mailman 
calls. You might just want to check through all your permissions to 
make sure they match with the instructions. Because this script 
relies so much on htm pages, even one of those with a bad permission 
can break the script functions.

How much memory do you have on the box? If it's low, Mailman will 
choke if there are too many simultaneous calls to it...or it will 
"time out" and that may give you the cgi-wrap error. The program does 
use lots of memory when it's active.

If you could say precisely what's being done when it happens, I might 
be able to help a bit more.

Also, just in case, try running the script at the command line and 
see if it chokes at some point. That may give you a precise script 
location for the problem.

Alfredo
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