CGI Error on Windows Machine when logging into CP

Leevi Graham

Posted: 22 May 2008 03:34 AM

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Hey Guys,

I have tried everything I know to get this working but still no luck….

I have moved a site to Windows IIS hosting running PHP 4 as CGI (I think).

The front end is working fine after I forced query strings and a couple of other tricks but I cannot log into the admin. The login page shows fine… but after my password has been accepted I receive following message:

CGI Error

The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. 

Now in my config I have:

$conf['send_headers'] = "n";
$conf['gzip_output'] = "n";
$conf['force_query_string'] = "y"; 

which all seem to be working.

Any other ideas?

For the record:

PHP Version 4.4.2
Microsoft-IIS/6.0

Hmm…. might be having an issue with the redirect…. looking into it now

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Leevi Graham

Posted: 22 May 2008 03:43 AM

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Ok I just added:

$conf['user_session_type'] = "s";
$conf['admin_session_type'] = "s"; 
$conf['redirect_method'] = "refresh"; 

No lunk :(

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Robin Sowell

Posted: 22 May 2008 07:12 AM

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I’d never seen this one before, but it has turned up a few times in the forums.
http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/57649/
http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/11578/

Those are the most relevant ones. What’s the url you get w/the message on it- disguising the system folder, of course.

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Leevi Graham

Posted: 22 May 2008 04:11 PM

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The url is stock standard…. http://218.185.20.40/$sitepreview/dev.paralympiceducation.org.au/** admin ** /index.php but only after I log in…. I’m 99% sure it has to do with the login and then redirect but I’m not sure how to fix it…

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Sue Crocker

Posted: 22 May 2008 05:47 PM

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Leevi, the $sitepreview isn’t stock standard.

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Leevi Graham

Posted: 22 May 2008 06:23 PM

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Sue Crocker - 22 May 2008 05:47 PM
Leevi, the $sitepreview isn’t stock standard.

Yeah its bloody smartyhost.com.au!

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Sue Crocker

Posted: 22 May 2008 06:27 PM

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Hmmm… can you fake it with changing your hosts file? Swapping out the IP address for a domain name.

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Sue Crocker

Posted: 22 May 2008 06:35 PM

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After hearing back from you, I’m closing the thread.

The solution was to change to Linux hosting.

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