php page errors on apache2

[Patrick Rittich <prittich@dowco.com>]

I've been trying to get some php scripts to run on my sarge desktop 
machine, but keep getting the error "Internal Server Error". They used 
to work up until a few months ago, but went back to check on things last 
week, and suddenly it doesn't work. All I can guess is that an apt-get 
update changed some configuration for the worse. (how?)

The php script is just a simple info() call, so the syntax is fine. It 
works from command line.

The error logs have the error:
[Wed Sep 28 11:19:14 2005] [error] [client 206.12.24.217] (13)Permission 
denied: exec of '/var/www/info.php' failed
[Wed Sep 28 11:19:14 2005] [error] [client 206.12.24.217] Premature end 
of script headers: info.php

The httpd.conf file is currently:
# This is here for backwards compatability reasons and to support
#  installing 3rd party modules directly via apxs2, rather than
#  through the /etc/apache2/mods-{available,enabled} mechanism.
#
#LoadModule mod_placeholder /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_placeholder.so

Options SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .php .php3 .php4

<VirtualHost 206.12.24.217:80>
        ServerAdmin prittich@dowco.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www
        ServerName liddy
        AddHandler cgi-script .php .php3 .php4
        php_admin_value safe_mode 0
        php_admin_value open_basedir /var/www/
        php_admin_value sendmail_from prittich@dowco.com

        <Directory "/var/www">
                AllowOverride None
                Options +ExecCGI
                DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

It started out a lot smaller and simpler, but I've added a lot more in 
trying to trouble shoot this. Google's failed me in finding the 
solution, so I'm hoping someone on the debian list can figure out why 
this is failing.

--
Patrick Rittich
prittich@dowco.com
Dowco Computer Systems Ltd.