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[dhamway]

Hello.  I checked with my hosting company and they said the path to PERL is user/bin/perl.  I have that at the top of my script and I am getting "Internal Server Error".  I changed all the CHMODs to 777 and then i received "The script /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/allshewroterocks.com/cgi-bin/calendar.pl cannot be world writable."  So again, i changed it to be CHMOD 744 and it returned the first error above.  As per your website, i ONLY changed the calendar.pl and calendar_admin.pl CHMODS.  All the other folders and files are 777.  Can someone help out?

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Darren, All She Wrote
AIM - dhamway76
Yahoo - taudelt39

[DanO]

** the path to PERL is user/bin/perl. **

Are you *absolutely* certain??

I've never seen such a path to Perl used, usr/bin/perl is a common one though. Check your host's CGI FAQs if in doubt.

** I changed all the CHMODs to 777 and then i received "The script /usr/local/.../cgi-bin/calendar.pl cannot be world writable." So again, i changed it to be CHMOD 744 and it returned the first error above. **

Many servers do not allow files or directories to be chmod to 777. It can be a security risk.

Script files (with a file name ending .pl or .cgi) should only need permissions of 755 (or 775 depending on the server set up), data files and their directories should only need permissions of 666 (or 766 depending...).

Dan O.

[This message has been edited by DanO (edited August 12, 2005).]

[dhamway]

Sorry, i meant usr, not user.  Yes, i have that...ive tried everything.  this sucks. What do I do.

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Darren, All She Wrote
AIM - dhamway76
Yahoo - taudelt39

[DanO]

** What do I do. **

Check with your host's support??

Dan O.

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