I D/L'd RDB 2.01 and it seem to be missing default.pl, where might I be able to get this file and is it nessary?*I think it is, but then again I'm very new to perl :( *

ummm .... isn't what you're looking for :: defualt.cfg or html.pl ???

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openoffice + gimp + sketch ...

no, I got them... but heres another odd thing... *please remember this is my first perl progame I've ever tried to use so I know very little* but when I switch to debug mode it couse an internal server error and I can't even see anything... with debug off I get this message "DBMan encountered an internal error. Please enable debugging to view"

But like I said, turning on debug just gives me an internal server error and I still don't know whats wrong with the file :(

any help would be highly welcomed

Thanks!
Jhowell

Don't worry I'm not a programmer at all just a user.

hmmm.... normally you shouldn't be missing any files all should be there.

Did you edit the html.pl before you tried the out of the box version.

Also, please post you configurations from default.cfg

from:


to ...


we should be able to help you from here.

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openoffice + gimp + sketch ...

Yes, I do belive I changed a few urls in the html.pl file... was this bad?

Is that what your asking for?

# URL of the directory dbman resides in. No Trailing Slash Please.
$db_dir_url = "http://veeshenshonor.port5.com/cgi-bin";
# URL of dbman.
$db_script_url = $db_dir_url . "/db.cgi";
# Full Path and File name of the database file.
$db_file_name = $db_script_path . "/default.db";
# Full path and file name of the counter file.
$db_id_file_name = $db_script_path . "/default.count";
# Full path and file name of the authorization directory.
$auth_dir = $db_script_path . "/auth";
# Full path and file name of the password file.
$auth_pw_file = $db_script_path . "/default.pass";
# Full path and file name of the log file.
$auth_log_file = $db_script_path . "/default.log";
# Full path and file name of the html routines.
require $db_script_path . "/html.pl";

Yes ... if you made a html mistake then probably that's the reason for the errors.

Did you just put all the dbman files straight into the cgi-bin?

or is there a dbman folder in the cgi-bin?

You should

mak a folder for dbman (call it dbman -- original eh!) then move all your files for dbman into that folder. Read the readme.txt for cgi permissions -- for dbman then change default.cfg to:


This should get you up and running ... hopefully

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openoffice + gimp + sketch ...

so I should make a folder called dbman inside the cgi-bin?

yes

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openoffice + gimp + sketch ...

still getting same error :( but this time I get two Interal Server errors and then the cgi error... maybe server side problem?... portland5.com is a free hosting site that offers cgi access... where as my home server dose not, thats why I'm try'n to use them... any other suggests from anyone?

In the FAQ noted below in the section "Troubleshooting" insert the snippet of coding in the

Debugging - How To Obtain Useful Error Messages

this may help you to identify the problem. Include this in your db.cgi, html.pl, and also your .cfg files.

Also be sure you have the path to perl set correctly.

Unoffical DBMan FAQ

http://creativecomputingweb.com/dbman/index.shtml/