Re: [htdig] 500 Internal Server Error; No Solution in FAQ

[Jim <li...@yg...>]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Rupert Jones wrote:

> The htsearch program runs fine from the command line, and htdig has
> obviously indexed the site correctly. However, when I try to use htsearch as
> the target for a form I get the 500 Internal Server Error. The Apache
> error_log simply states "Premature End of Script Errors" every time, with no
> other information provided.

Did you check the log lines preceding this message? Sometimes the
cause of the problem shows up in a separate and earlier log entry.

> I've checked the htdig.conf file, which states all the pathnames as correct
> to the configuration. However, the db files aren't appearing in the
> specified db folder, they are appearing somewhere else instead (inside the
> htdocs/htdig folder, which has all the images and other essential files in).

This sounds a bit suspicious. If you don't come across some other
solution, I would recommend removing your current install and trying
to reinstall from scratch.


Jim