explanation of error msg

exec failed: exec format error

[stef25]

does any one know what this means exactly? ive searched around on the net but havent found much useful ...

it occurs when trying to add a message to my guestbook

below is the full error message.

thanks
stefan

Premature end of script headers: guestbook.pl

exec failed: Exec format error

error 500

[jatar_k]

are you sure the path to perl and the permissions on the file are correct?

[volatilegx]

What is the first line of your guestbook.pl script?

[stef25]

first line:

#!/usr/bin/sendmail -wT

permissions are set to 755 which works for my formmail.pl. the path to perl is correct according to my admin

i have some doubts if the path is correct in this line, but this is what it says in my control panel / file manager

$guestbookreal = 'www/subdomain.domain.org/guestbook.html';

thanks
stef

[VectorJ]

Was that a typo or is your shebang line really pointing to /usr/bin/sendmail? If it really is pointing to sendmail instead of Perl, then I think we've found the problem :-)

[volatilegx]

Yeah that's the problem, I'll bet. It should be something like:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w