Strange problem

[Julia_W]

I am having a problem uploading a test version of Actinic 7 to our own web servers. My web host has set up some error logging and has sent me the following:

/www/hosts/mysite.co.uk/cgi-bin/cp000014.pl

#!/usr/bin/perlM
$Program = "CATTEST2";M
$Version = '$Revision: 11 $ ';M
$Version = substr($Version, 11);M
$Version =~ s/ \$//;M
$BAD = 0;M
$GOOD = 1;M
my ($bVersionState, $sMessage) =M
CheckPerlVersion();M
my $bCyberSitter = $GOOD;M

Which apparently indicates that the site is uploading in Binary rather than ASCII.

I have also tried uploading the test helloworld.cgi script that I found earlier on the forum and using my own version of WS_FTP it is also uploading in Binary although WS_FTP is set to transfer .cgi files in ASCII mode.

I have transferred loads of .cgi and .pl files using WS_FTP with no problems at all over the past few years.

Has anyone got any ideas what could be causing this problem?

Thanks a lot.

[Nadeem]

Hi Julia

If this was working before, and now it is not working, then it could be possible that you may have been moved to another server. One thing I have found out in the past, is that if you are running a redhat server, then by default it will upload in binary. Here is a knowledgebase article which you can pass onto your hosting company which should be able to resolve this issue, if they are running a redhat server.

Kind Regards

[Julia_W]

Thanks a bunch Nadeem.

I insisted that my host checked everything again and they have now realised that although they don't run vsftp on any of their servers it had been installed on my host server in error. Problem solved.