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Reply to topic   Topic: "End of script output before headers" on Centos 8
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edwardsmarkf



Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 25
Location: cottonwood, az

PostPosted: Mon 22 Mar '21 23:37    Post subject: "End of script output before headers" on Centos 8 Reply with quote

hello -

i keep seeing "End of script output before headers" in my apache log on the new Centos 8 box but not my old C7 box.

so i created a very simple script and i get the same error: (script runs FINE on centos7)

----
#!/bin/sh
echo content-type: text/plain
echo
date
-----

set protection 755, 777, etc. set owner apache:apache

at this point, i am running out of things to try.

i looked at this too (added this line)

LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so

# httpd -M | grep cgi ;
cgi_module (shared)
proxy_fcgi_module (shared)
proxy_scgi_module (shared)
cgid_module (shared)
fcgid_module (shared)

suggestions?

tiny shell-script suggested here:
https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=255892
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tangent
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Joined: 16 Aug 2020
Posts: 305
Location: UK

PostPosted: Tue 23 Mar '21 19:24    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a Centos 8 VM (upgraded from Centos 7 a few months ago), and don't have any problems running CGI scripts using the default Apache configuration and a simple shell script, e.g.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
echo content-type: text/plain
echo
date
set

Produces this output https://apaste.info/JucE

File protection is
Code:
[root@localhost cgi-bin]# ls -la /var/www/cgi-bin
total 4
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root   root   18 Mar 23 16:52 .
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root   root   33 Mar 23 16:00 ..
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 apache apache 54 Mar 23 16:52 test

Are there no other error messages preceding your "End of script output before headers" entries, to indicate what's causing the problem?

Might it be an selinux issue, so presume you've checked messages and audit.log?

Either way, I'd try temporarily changing the apache account shell from /sbin/nologin to /bin/bash, switch user from root to apache, and then try running your cgi script to see what output it produces.

Have you considered using the Apache suEXEC feature for your CGI scripts?
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edwardsmarkf



Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 25
Location: cottonwood, az

PostPosted: Tue 23 Mar '21 22:24    Post subject: Reply with quote

interesting:

Quote:
# journalctl -b | grep “suexec” | tail -10 ;
Mar 23 16:00:34 MYDOMAIN suexec[3925478]: uid: (1018/MYDOMAIN) gid: (1018/MYDOMAIN) cmd: test.cgi
Mar 23 16:00:34 MYDOMAIN suexec[3925478]: command not in docroot (/home/MYDOMAIN/cgi-bin/test.cgi)
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7288
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Tue 23 Mar '21 23:44    Post subject: Reply with quote

You may also check the EOL.

In doubt run dos2unix for the test file.
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edwardsmarkf



Joined: 20 Feb 2013
Posts: 25
Location: cottonwood, az

PostPosted: Wed 24 Mar '21 19:58    Post subject: Reply with quote

it turns out that there is a conflict with Centos-8 and Virtualmin.
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