HTTP 500 Error

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Getting an HTTP 500 Error Internal Server Error on Web
page ? Does anyone know what this is ?
 
Ed Gartin said:
Getting an HTTP 500 Error Internal Server Error on Web
page ? Does anyone know what this is ?

This is almost always (as the error message states) an internal server error,
over which you have no control. It is typically caused by developers who
develop on Windows, then upload their finished script (e.g., CGI, PHP) onto a
Unix-class server. If they forget to set the host file permissions via chmod,
it will cause this error. Its easy to overlook, since the concept of chmod
does not exist in Windows.

There *is* one possibility that it could be caused by something on your
(client) end. IF the page that returned this error was a form, and IF the
form sent hidden variables which were blocked by software running on your
computer (e.g., User Agent or referer), it could very well result in a 500
error, since the form script would not contain the expected data. If this
does not describe your situation, then I suggest you contact the webmaster of
the site in question.
 

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