The only file specific to Gossamer Forum and Gossamer Mail that you overwrote will be the 'admin.cgi' file. It isn't so easy as just pulling the files out of install.dat (you can do it, by adding ".tar" (not .zip) on the end, or changing it to install.tar). The best bet is going to be installing GForum into another location, then extracting the admin.cgi from the tar file using a program such as Winzip or Power Archiver.

You are going to have to make a changes to the GMail admin.cgi file, however, before uploading it, open it up and look for the line that says:

use lib '.';

The value to change this to depends on your installation - the easiest way to figure it out will be to download one of the user-side webmail CGI files (i.e. webmail.cgi) and copy the 'use lib' line found in that file. Also, while you have the webmail.cgi open, check the very first line: it should be something like:

#!/usr/bin/perl

If it is _not_ '#!/usr/bin/perl' you also need to change the first line in admin.cgi to match.

Once having made the above change(s), upload admin.cgi in ASCII mode, and CHMOD it to 755. After that, your GMail admin panel should be working again. Watch out, though - it probably won't be password protected anymore, as GForum will have overwritten the .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

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Jason Rhinelander
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jason@gossamer-threads.com