Missing CGI scripts?

[frenchy232]

My colleague has been playing with the web server and was trying to clear down old data, in the process it looks like the CGI bin has been deleted, he believes he has restored everything as was but the site appears to fall over every time a script is called, this also preventing an unload from working (as this calls a script).

I am going to pop over tonight to see if I can fix it, assuming I am right should I be able to replace upload the local CGI bin directory to the web server via FTP or is it more complex than that?

Cheers,

Frenchy.

[pinbrook]

create a folder called cgi-bin (or whatever it needs to be called) on the webserver and then refresh the website.

A refresh will recreate all the scripts and is the easiest method

[frenchy232]

Hello,

Thanks for your suggestion, I have tried that, the upload fails at the final hurdle 'merge request' and cgi-bin remains unpopulated, any ideas?

Cheers,

Frenchy.

[Duncan Rounding]

Try manually creating the cgi-bin folder and give it 755 permissions, then run a network test and check for errors.

[frenchy232]

hhmmm, being doing some more digging and searching past threads, it does look like a permissions thing, currently the cgi-bin folder is set 711, the problem is it will not let me change it to 755

Is this a showstopper until I can talk to the ISP (Telivo)?

Cheers,

Frenchy.

[Duncan Rounding]

711 means you have no read permissions for public. You will need to contact your host I think unfortunately and ask them to change the permissions for you.