Internal Server Errors, Seem to be increasing in frequency Options

[WannabeGT4]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, ccoomer@6gc.net and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.0.46 (Red Hat) Server at www.6gc.net Port 80

This seems to be happening more and more frequently. It usually occurs randomly just after clicking on a topic or forum.

Win XP SP2 FF and IE6
Win 2000 SP4 FF and IE6

[Coomer]

Problem fixed.

Warning: Technical Explanation Below

Basically, PHP runs in safe_mode on my server. To prevent safe_mode from being on, so that I can make PHP exec() calls, I have to run PHP as a CGI, using a .htaccess file. However, with PHP running as a CGI, only a small number of connections are allowed. When this number is exceeded, 500 Internal Server Errors occur. To prevent this connection limit, PHP needs to not run as a CGI. This can be done by using the RemoveHandler directive in a .htaccess file in the forums/ directory.

When I ran the upgrade, I password protected the forums/ directory using my web host's control panel temporarily. This overwrote the .htaccess file, removing the RemoveHandler directive, causing the forums' PHP scripts to run in CGI mode, causing internal server errors. I replaced the .htaccess file with the proper one a few minutes ago and now the problem should be solved.