SoftException in Application.cpp

• 02 November 2021
• in: Dedicated Server

When accessing web site, you receive Internal Server Error within the web application. When observing error logs on server, you’ll see logs as below.

SoftException in Application.cpp:357: UID of script “/home/user/public_html/index.php” is smaller than min_uid
Premature end of script headers: index.php

Under public_html, this is because of incorrect ownership on files/directories. You’ll have to update the ownership of files. Login to your server via SSH. The command can updated ownership on files/directories recursively under /home/user/public_html.

# cd /home/user/public_html
# chown user.user index.php

By accessing the server, you can update the ownership yourself. If you own a VPS hosting OR Dedicated server, you’ll be ready to update the ownership as root.