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Script won't install
I can't get the script install.

I have definitely configured and uploaded the script as per the instructions. The path to the perl installation is correct.

However when I try to run install.cgi all I get is the standard Error 500 message that the server has encountered a misconfiguration or internal error.

The OS is freeBSD and the perl version is 5.005

Any ideas?
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Re: [Spidah] Script won't install In reply to
Does anything show up in the server's error log?

Jason Rhinelander
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Re: [Jagerman] Script won't install In reply to
No access to logs unfortunately
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Re: [Spidah] Script won't install In reply to
Ask your host - I'm sure they'll assist.
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Re: [Spidah] Script won't install In reply to
If you add this to the install.cgi script (near the other 'use' statements), what does it show? (if anything)

use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Re: [Andy] Script won't install In reply to
This line makes no difference. I still get the same error 500 screen.
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Re: [Spidah] Script won't install In reply to
Have you checked you are uploading in the correct format? (ASCII)

Also, is the path to Perl correct? Try a basic script...

Is the script CHMODed to 755? Is the folder it is located in CHMODed to 755, and not 777? (this can sometimes cause servers to produce 500 IS Errors with Perl scripts)

Code:
#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";
print "Testing script...";

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Re: [Andy] Script won't install In reply to
This was the problem! I planned to unload the script into the same directory, so I had it set to 777 as per the installation instructions.

I changed it to 755 and the install (into another directory) ran without a problem.

Thanks



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