CGI-BIN errors with new host ?

[pinbrook]

the directory is 755, some files are 755 and some are 644.

all actinic pl files in the cgi-bin must be 755, do your upload, correctthe permissions - job done

once the permissions are changed they should retain the correct perms

[wjcampbe]

Thanks Jo

I am having connection problems at the moment - not avoiding my responsibilities - hope to resume normal service soon.

[anthony_kudzin]

CGI-BIN errors

Hi,

I can FTP and see the CGI-BIN directory, but still get the following error when trying to setup the site settings on my new host. Any ideas what it might be ?

I can also see a test .pl file being loaded when running the wizard. surely if there were page not found errors it would not be able to write to the cgi-bin directory ?

I have also attached my exported file settings incase somebody can see anything...

[wjcampbe]

What are the permission settings on the folder? and the individual files?

All should be 755 or rwxr-xr-x

[NVL]

Related Problems...?

I just upgraded our server to Centos5 and took us up to PHP5 whilst at it, we are having similar problems...

The site uploads, if we try to use the cgi-bin (normal location) the site has HTTP errors, if we create a folder in the public files under httpdocs/ called cgi for example the site will pass the "test" in advanced network settings but will hang at upload with a merge error.

The scripts are not executing for Actinic however a test script with the extension .pl runs fine.

Ideas anyone?

[anthony_kudzin]

Hi bill,

files are 755 for cgi-bin. Its more fundamental. It must be the way the host has their systems setup and/or use of IIS etc. I see on the Actinic FAQ site that there are many different configuration settings for different hosts. Support told me to mail them the mail2hst.txt file to review. I expect I'll have to change to another host !

[vts]

i am still getting below errors ...


The directory specified as the path from the CGI-BIN to the acatalog directory does not exist on the web server. Check the path. Also see the on-line help for "Path from FTP server to Catalog".

The script does not have permission to write to the web site directory

CGI-BIN Working Directory: "D:/Swsoft/vhost/mydomainname.co.uk/cgi-bin"


my network config export settings
===========================================
HTTPPROXYMODE 0
HTTPPROXYADDRESS
HTTPPROXYPORT 80
HTTPPROXYUSER
HTTPPROXYPASSWORD
FTPPROXYMODE 0
FTPPROXYADDRESS
FTPPROXYPORT 21
FTPPROXYUSER
FTPPROXYPASSWORD
SCRIPTID 1
SCRIPTEXT .pl
SMTPHOST smtp.mydomainname.com
WEBSITEURL http://www.mydomainname.co.uk
IGNOREPASSIVEERRORS true
USERELATIVECGIURLS true
PATHTOPERL cerl\n
CATALOGURL http://www.mydomainname.co.uk/acatalog/
CGIBINURL http://www.mydomainname.co.uk/cgi-bin/
PATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../acatalog/
CODEBASE ./
FTPHOST zzzzz.co.uk
FTPUSERNAME user
FTPPASSWORD passwd
PATHTOCGIBIN /httpdocs/cgi-bin/
USEPASSIVEFTP true
FTPPATHFROMCGITOCATALOG

===========================================


My server is windows plesk .. any help will be appreciated ..thanks

[Toby B]

Hi Steve,

Here are some settings for our Plesk server. It might be worth adapting them with your settings. Though I'm not sure if every Plesk server has the same directory structure…

HTTPPROXYMODE 0
HTTPPROXYADDRESS
HTTPPROXYPORT 80
HTTPPROXYUSER
HTTPPROXYPASSWORD
FTPPROXYMODE 0
FTPPROXYADDRESS
FTPPROXYPORT 21
FTPPROXYUSER
FTPPROXYPASSWORD
SCRIPTID 1
SCRIPTEXT .pl
SMTPHOST localhost
WEBSITEURL http://www.domain.com/
IGNOREPASSIVEERRORS true
USERELATIVECGIURLS false
PATHTOPERL /usr/bin/perl
USEENHANCEFTP true
FTPCLIENTTIMEOUT 15000
FTPRETRYDELAY 3000
FTPSILENT false
FTPMAXRETRIES 3
FTPCONNECTTIMEOUT 25000
SMTPAUTHREQUIRED false
SMTPUSERNAME
SMTPPASSWORD
CATALOGURL http://www.domain.com/acatalog/
CGIBINURL http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/
PATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../httpdocs/acatalog/
CODEBASE ./
FTPHOST
FTPUSERNAME
FTPPASSWORD
PATHTOCGIBIN /cgi-bin/
USEPASSIVEFTP true
FTPPATHFROMCGITOCATALOG /httpdocs/acatalog/

You can copy and paste this in a text file and import it.

If this fails support will need your FTP details so we can examine the server.

http://www.actinic.co.uk/support/register.htm

[Cheapprices4u]

can i just add i recently got some new hosting
already have one account with them workign fine

if i change permissions in my ftp programme it sometimes misbehaves
if i go in to file amanger on the siteadmin/cpanel and change them it seems to sort itself out

hope it gives you some help

G

[Paul Bulpit]

What are the permission settings on the folder? and the individual files?

All should be 755 or rwxrw-rw-

Quick question before I have to bother you with my current problems:

I don't understand the 755/777 business but mine are all set to rwxr-xr-x - which is correct?

Thanks, Paul

[Duncan Rounding]

These attatchments should help.

I would expect it to be rwx-rx-rx which is 755 for cgi-bin and acatalog
Sometimes acatalog is set to 777 which is: rwx-rwx-rwx

What I think you have for rwxr-xr-x is 761 (or even 4751)


User: has the first three binary bits (400 - Read, 200 - Write, 100 - Execute)
Group: has the second three binary bits (40 - Read, 20 - Write, 10 - Execute)
Others: has the third three binary bits (4 - Read, 2 - Write, 1 - Execute)

You just ad them up.

There are also another three bits (which form 4000, 2000 & 1000).
User: Set UID - 4000
Group: Set GID - 2000
Others: Sticky - 1000

again just add them on.

[Paul Bulpit]

Thanks Duncan, I had the gist of it - but the point is, Bill's post further up says:

rwx rw- rw-

whereas my unaltered files, and your second attachment, both say:

rwx r-x r-x

So which is correct, (you and I) or (Bill)?

I am not in a position to say that Bill's post is erroneous, I need you to say that as you have known him longer!

[Duncan Rounding]

I think Bill maybe wrong in this case (very rare). What Bill says would be 766. I don't think there would be any reason for the Group or Others to be able to write - but they would need to Execute.

Gets confusing doesn't it with all these rs and ws, bits and numbers.

[Paul Bulpit]

I would expect it to be rwx-rx-rx which is 755 for cgi-bin and acatalog.

755 is the recommendation I was trying to achieve (except rwx-rx-rx adds up to 7 3 3!)

Edit: Oh, I see now, you meant rwx - r(-)x - r(-)x, sorry!



Thanks a lot, get there in the end!