# Premature end of script headers error using Rails 2.3.1 and Passenger 2.1.1

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 8, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/premature-end-of-script-headers-error-using-rails-2-3-1-and-passenger-2-1-1/162330 "2009-03-08T19:33:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![liquideclm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a183cd/32.png) [@liquideclm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liquideclm)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/premature-end-of-script-headers-error-using-rails-2-3-1-and-passenger-2-1-1/162330/1 "2009-03-08T19:33:40Z")

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I’m getting an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error using the latest beta of  
Rails (2.3.1 aka 2.3 RC2) and Passenger (2.1.1) beta under Ubuntu  
Intrepid (8.1).

I’ve put the Passenger configuration files into two separate files  
under mods-available and I’ve created symbolic links from mods-  
enabled. The default way of the Apache configuration under Ubuntu 8.1,  
just like all other modules.  
I am getting ‘Premature end of script headers: rails, referer: …’  
errors and I have no idea why this happens. It never happened before  
when I was using 8.04 (Hardy release)

Here’s my configuration:

/etc/apache2# cat apache2.conf | grep -i mods-enabled  
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/_.load  
Include /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/_.conf

/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# ls -la | grep passenger  
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Mar 4 22:19 passenger.conf -\> …/mods-  
available/passenger.conf  
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Mar 4 22:19 passenger.load -\> …/mods-  
available/passenger.load

/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# cat passenger.load  
LoadModule passenger\_module /opt/rubyenterprise/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
passenger-2.1.1/ext/apache2/mod\_passenger.so

/etc/apache2/mods-enabled# cat passenger.conf  
  
PassengerRoot /opt/rubyenterprise/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/  
passenger-2.1.1  
PassengerRuby /opt/rubyenterprise/bin/ruby

# PassengerDefaultUser www-data

I’ve commented out the PassengerDefaultUser directive, since the whole  
Apache process is running under the www-data user so it doesn’t seem  
to be necessary. However, now I’m getting the server error above.  
I don’t know if this is a problem with the Rails application itself  
(blank newly created, v 2.3.1 - aka 2.3 RC2) Rails or with Passenger  
2.1.1 beta.

Any thoughts?  
Cheers,  
Attila

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**Author:** ![liquideclm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a183cd/32.png) [@liquideclm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liquideclm)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/premature-end-of-script-headers-error-using-rails-2-3-1-and-passenger-2-1-1/162330/2 "2009-03-08T19:37:51Z")

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OK, i’ve put the configuration files into pastie since Google broke it  
into more lines, it think this is more readable now:  
[http://pastie.org/411007](http://pastie.org/411007)

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**Author:** ![liquideclm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/a183cd/32.png) [@liquideclm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liquideclm)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/premature-end-of-script-headers-error-using-rails-2-3-1-and-passenger-2-1-1/162330/3 "2009-03-08T19:46:47Z")

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Attila Györffy wrote:

> I am getting ‘Premature end of script headers: rails, referer: …’  
> errors and I have no idea why this happens.

Is this the exact error message?

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