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CGI Error - HTTP headers - MS Server 2003 - Python

Hi,

We are trying to migrate a Xerox program called DocuShare from NT Server to Windows Server 2003, running IIS 6.0. This program uses a program called python. We have not been able to get it to run yet! The home page loads fine, but each subsequent page (which calls a script) produces the following CGI error:

CGI Error
The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers.

The only installation guide that I have is for IIS 3.0/4.0 and NT and I have tried to improvise, but I think I'm missing something. Does anyone have any idea what I may be missing?

Thanks,

Tammi

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TammiCole

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No, that didn't work. I am not sure about it being permissions related, because the permissions is set up completely different from NT to 2003 and I'm not quite sure what I'm doing. However, the rest of the web site works and we have ASP pages containing server-side and client-side scripts running with no problems.

Is it possible that my DocuShare program is designed for a different version of CGI? Are there CGI versions?

Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks,

Tammi

meverest

>> Is it possible that my DocuShare program is designed for a different version of CGI? Are there CGI versions?

probably not, and not really.

CGI is implemented slightly differently by different web server software, but the concept is the same: server variables provided to the application as environment variables.

it still could be permissions issue, like if the application attempts to access data or components that the intercative web user does not have rights to could cause the application to hang or crash while waiting for the result.

i assume that you have sought some support from the docushare vendor - any relevant comments from them?

Cheers.

TammiCole

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No relevent comments from support yet...it's complicated. We are migrating to a centralized system, but they cannot migrate me til August. Since we are migrating, they will not supply me with an upgrade and no one has had need to implement the version I am using on Server 2003, since version 4.01 is now available.

I appreciate your help. I think we are going to try leaving it on the old system for now and just point to it until our migration.

Thanks again,

Tammi