cgi bin error 404

[lisa hale]

Am trying to upload a site i have built on actinic v8 to the net using emnet as my provider.
I keep getting an error that says " The specified CGI-BIN URL or the path to the cgi-bin is not correct and the 404 code
The path seems to be correct to my knowledge can anyone help as to how to overcome this problem
Thanks lisa

[pinbrook]

do you have a cgu-bin on the server?

404 means it can't be found.

whats the url?

[lisa hale]

hi

yes there is a cgi-bin on the server and all the scripts are in it, the url is www.void-clothing.co.uk or it will be when the site is up!

[wjcampbe]

The cgi-bin does not seem to be in the same webspace.

Is this a Windows server? Who are the hosts? Have you tried a search on the hostname to see if working settings have been posted?

If you can't find previous info on your hostname, try posting your settings here [after removing passwords] and we can try to help.

[pinbrook]

if you hover over links which should be in the cgi-bin ie view basket you get

http://www.void-clothing.co.uk/ca000...CTION=SHOWCART

thus I would suggest the network settings are incorrect as the scripts are not in the cgi-bin

Please export your network settings to txt file and post them here (remove passwords etc)

[lisa hale]

the host is emnet they said cgi could be run from anywhere on the site but it appears not im unsure if they are a windows server.
Im new to all this just doing a mate a favour!!!!

[lisa hale]

HTTPPROXYMODE 0
HTTPPROXYADDRESS
HTTPPROXYPORT 80
HTTPPROXYUSER
HTTPPROXYPASSWORD
FTPPROXYMODE 0
FTPPROXYADDRESS
FTPPROXYPORT 21
FTPPROXYUSER
FTPPROXYPASSWORD
SCRIPTID 3
SCRIPTEXT .pl
SMTPHOST mailserver1.void-clothing.co.uk
WEBSITEURL http://www.void-clothing.co.uk
IGNOREPASSIVEERRORS true
USERELATIVECGIURLS false
PATHTOPERL /usr/bin/perl
USEENHANCEFTP true
FTPCLIENTTIMEOUT 15000
FTPRETRYDELAY 3000
FTPSILENT false
FTPMAXRETRIES 3
FTPCONNECTTIMEOUT 25000
SMTPAUTHREQUIRED true
SMTPUSERNAME voidclov
SMTPPASSWORD
CATALOGURL http://www.void-clothing.co.uk/acatalog/
CGIBINURL http://www.void-clothing.co.uk/
PATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../acatalog/
CODEBASE ./
FTPHOST ftp.void-clothing.co.uk
FTPUSERNAME voidclov@void-clothing.co.uk
FTPPASSWORD
PATHTOCGIBIN ./cgi-bin/
USEPASSIVEFTP true
FTPPATHFROMCGITOCATALOG

[pinbrook]

replace

CGIBINURL http://www.void-clothing.co.uk/

with

CGIBINURL http://www.void-clothing.co.uk/cgi-bin/

and

PATHTOCGIBIN ./cgi-bin/

with

PATHTOCGIBIN /cgi-bin/

[lisa hale]

now it says unable to move to the cgi-bin directory on the ftp server. Does bnot exist or you do not have access to the directory.
we know it exists so what next?

[wjcampbe]

I does not exist in the right place. Can you see a cgi-bin when you connect using ftp?

[lisa hale]

hi when i connect using ftp i can see the cgi-bin folder on the first page oi come to along with some others including backup, cert,Common, Common OCC, ftp and WWW.
Should the cgi-bin be in the WWW folder?

[wjcampbe]

You really need to know whether or not this is a windows server - this page http://web.emnet.co.uk/hosting/vds_business.asp will help you decide. If you scroll to the bottom of the package specs, you will see the pricing.

If you confirm Linux or Windows, then getting you setup will be easier.

[lisa hale]

its a windows server

[pinbrook]

in the words of Dragons Den "If its windows, then I'm out"

[lisa hale]

oh no......

so cant anybody help me!!!!