cgi only works for pl extension

[Bigbread]

A quick test of a "test.cgi" script threw up the "Premature end of script headers" error.

I renamed the script to "test.pl" and it worked fine.

httpd.conf has the line: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

so why is the .cgi extension failing?

[Bigbread]

Got the .cgi extension working - had to specifically allow it in .htaccess

Options +ExecCGI

so now I'm wondering why the .pl extension bypassed this restriction

[Bigbread]

That directive shouldn't have been necessary because the default includes it for all directories:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI Includes

I just reversed everything I did previously but now .cgi and .pl are working.

The problem was caused by some of the test files having been created under Windows. Doh.