I think you are confused about how your script should be called. The client-side script tag is inconsistent:

    -script => {
          -language => 'Javascript',
          -src => 'my_script.pl'
      }

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while the printing of headers in my_script.pl indicates that you mean it as server-side code.

A link to my_script.pl's URI should be enough.

The "Permission denied" message is likely from bad file mode settings or cgi setup.

After Compline,
Zaxo

Update: See larsen's reply. I misunderstood and my theory is all wrong. It could have been right so I'll let the post stand by itself without any help from facts ;-)

In reply to Re: Problems with backticks (maybe with Apache configuration) by Zaxo
in thread Problems with backticks (maybe with Apache configuration) by larsen

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