CGI Problems...

[Paladin229]

After attempting to install a couple of CGI scripts, I'm finding that I get nothing but 500 errors no matter how much I tweak. Is there something up with Jag's servers that I should be aware of? I'm installed a fair share of CGI scripts and never had problems like this...

As a a side note, one of these scripts, for example, is a single file counter script...I can't possibly be messing that up continuously.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Paladin

[mattsiegman]

Have you checked the files to make sure they are properly chmod'ed?

[jason]

Also make sure that you're uploading them as ASCII text (not binary or "raw data") and that you have the proper path to the interpreter as the first line of the file. (If you're using Perl, the first line of the scripts should be #!/usr/bin/perl, possibly with a dash and some options afterward, such as -wT).

As for the chmod issue, make sure the scripts are set to 755...

--Jason

[Vin DSL]

Might want to check the manual too...

http://www.jaguarpc.com/support/manu....html#cgi-apps

[Paladin229]

Thanks for the responses, but like I said, I'm familiar with CGI installation, so yes chmod's are fine, and yes, everything that needed to be was uploaded in ASCII mode.

This is frustrating...is it possible that Perl is located in a spot not defined in my CP? Or that absolute paths are listed by user name and not domain name?

Paladin

[Paladin229]

*EDIT*

Thought I had an idea, but alas, I do not.

Paladin

[gerilya]

Just an idea:
get SSH access, log in and start the script from the command line.
Cut & paste here a result of that script execution and you will get your answer in a matter of minutes

[Paladin229]

How do I get SSH access? I'm very new Linux, so forgive me for my ignorance...

Paladin

[Paladin229]

Another point:

When I try to run CGIEmail through my CP, I get a 500 error...

Paladin

[Connie]

Originally posted by Paladin229
How do I get SSH access? I'm very new Linux, so forgive me for my ignorance...

Paladin

SSH in not enabled by default on any account. If you submit
a support ticket they will enable SSH for your web site. This
is normally done very quickly. I can't answer your other
question in regard to the error messages.

One of the experts will be along and try to help you with that
issue I'm sure. There are many very knowledge people at
the Jag forum that are more than willing to help when they
can.

[Paladin229]

Thanks for the info...I'm sure it will be resolved.

Again, thanks for the help.

Paladin

[jason]

Originally posted by Paladin229
This is frustrating...is it possible that Perl is located in a spot not defined in my CP? Or that absolute paths are listed by user name and not domain name?

Perl is located at /usr/bin/perl. The absolute path to your home directory should be /home/USERNAME, to your web space its /home/USERNAME/public_html, and to your cgi-bin its /home/USERNAME/public_html/cgi-bin, where (obviously) USERNAME is your username.

--Jason

[apgraham]

when you log into SSH, try "perl -c ./SCRIPTNAME"
that will run the compiler without executing the script and you'll either get "syntax OK" or a bunch of errors with line numbers. If you get errors, DON'T try to fix them all at once. fix the first one then run the compiler again.