Not an expert here but have been able to get all my cgi script to run in the past...knock on wood..

I'm thinking of installing Links 2. I installed a message board last week ( ultraboard ) and it works just great.

But things didn't work in the beginning so I ended up moving the image files out of the cgi-bin directory. The installation notes said that if "your server does not allow binary files within /cgi-bin, then please create the /public
directory within path_of_document_/root/ultraboard."

I did and every thing worked fine.

So I cannot have binary pictures in the cgi-bin
directory? Well, I have asked the server folks for clarification but I also want to ask you.

So if I can't run binary files from the cgi-bin directory on my server, what does that mean to Links 2 if I want to use graphical images as part of the categories etc in my site.

I have read about modifying Links to allow graphical images along the categories etc.

I did a search but this seems quicker.

Saint

Simply put the graphical images in your non-cgi-bin directory. Then in the modification you read about replace the path values with the relative path where you have placed the images.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

thanks for the quick reply. Just want to set up the direcoty structure correctly the first time....

OK. If I put the links directory outside the cgi-bin directory, what should the chmod be set to?

other than changing all the paths and urls, are there any implications to this for Links.

I saw a post ( I think from you ) that said the directory didn't matter as long as the paths/url are set.

Thanks

The permission of directory where the binary image files does not matter...

Regards,

Eliot Lee