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From: Paul <so@emil.fberg.molndal.se>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: execve() failed - damn!!!
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 01:25:57 +0200
Organization: Telia Internet Services
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I'm fairly new at these script-things...and therefore I hope that 
someone can help me. =)

The "execve() failed" error has been tormenting me for a few weeks 
now. I've downloaded a few perl-scripts that I've seen working on 
other servers. I also have other perl-scripts running on our server 
that don't give me this error. These new ones do though.
The path at the top of the script IS the right one (the same as for my 
other perl-scripts that DO work). I can ALSO execute the script 
successfully from the command line (perl scriptname.cgi) AND I have 
chmoded everything to 644, 777, 756 and so on - I've tried most 
combinations.
I have also searched the web for explanations for this error but every 
FAQ says that it's the path to the perl-handler.

Could the origin of this error possibly be more than this path-thing?
Thanks in advance...

/Paul