Re: [cobalt-users] Can't get CGI script to run

[Alfredo <alfredo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm a novice at installing CGI scripts on the Raq, and I've spent the last
> hour or so trying to figure out why my CGI won't run.  It's the config
> script for Ultimate BB, and it gives an internal server error.

Problem's not the RAQ and PERL on the Raq has all the normally required files.

So it's usually...

1 -- What everyone else has said -- ownership of script by the site's 
group and owner and upload as text.

2 -- What you're already checked (PERL pointer)

3 -- Also, if the script writes to any files, set the permissions for 
those files properly.

4 -- Biggie! TRIPLE check your absolute paths in the configuration 
files -- we don't use Ultimate BB but I believe this program has like 
four or five of absolute paths and they MUST be absolute (if I 
remember correctly). The error a lot of people make is to forget the 
"web" in the path:

/home/sites/www.domain.com/web/cgi-bin/theprogram.cgi

If nothing works out, let the list know OR you can email me off-list 
(since this probably isn't really a Raq problem) and I'll try to help 
you figure it out.

Alfredo

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