What does this error message mean?

[kartlegend]

Hi,
I tried to install a basic news-publishing cgi-script at a windows NT server. But when running the script (located at

http://www.mydomainname.com/cgi-bin/news.cgi)

I get this error message:

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CGI Error
The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The headers it did return are:

Can't locate config.cgi in @INC (@INC contains: E:/Perl/lib E:/Perl/site/lib .) at e:\websites\mydomainname.com\cgi-bin\news.cgi line 34.
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The file config.cgi is located in the same directory as the news.cgi file (the cgi-bin directory). At my previous webhost, the cgi script allways worked fine.
Does anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it?

 

[goBoating]

make sure the permissions are set so the web daemon can see/use the code. 'hope this helps

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[fishiface]

You say "The file config.cgi is located in the same directory as the news.cgi file (the cgi-bin directory)." but the error message specifically says that it is looking for it in @INC: eg in either E:/Perl/lib or E:/Perl/site/lib

You could move it to one of those directories or you could modify the code of news.cgi to look elsewhere.

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