I'm trying to install a script on a newly-configured server. Anyway, when I try to access /cgi-bin/cron.pl in my browser, I get an Internal Server Error. The error log shows: 

[stuff] Premature end of script headers: cron.pl
[stuff] (2)No such file or directory: exec of '/var/www/cgi-bin/cron.p
+l' failed

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The file does indeed exist, and running it from the shell works fine (and returns proper headers). The script is CHMODed to 777. What else could be wrong?

BTW. I just tried a simpler script, and it worked. The difference is that the script I'm having trouble with returns text/plain. Do I have to do something special to configure it that way?

(And I realize that it's weird to access a cron script in a browser, but it's for testing.)

In reply to Configuration Problems by rjahrman

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