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admin on trial GF gives 'Internal Server Error'
I have just succesfully installed a trial version of GForum, but when I try to run admin.cgi I get 'Internal Server Error'.

If I run admin.cgi from the prompt I get:

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GForum.pm did not return a true vale at admin.cgi line 19.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at admin.cgi line 19.

As far as I can see line 19 reads:

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use GForum qw/$IN $CFG $DB/;

But maybe you cant run it from the promt, so this useless information?

For some reason the virtual server I use has been set up so that cgi scripts are run as USER= OWN (not USER= NOBODY), which has caused me to change the permissions to 700 for all cgis and 705 for all directories. Maybe this is where the problem is?

Cheers,

O grain
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Re: [O grain] admin on trial GF gives 'Internal Server Error' In reply to
Hi,

This is quite possibly the problem. It might be that the permissions on some of the library files are incorrect so GForum.pm can't load them. Try running:

perl -c GForum.pm

and see what it displays.

Cheers,

Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.
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Re: [Alex] admin on trial GF gives 'Internal Server Error' In reply to
Thanks for your response, Alex.

When I try your tip I get:

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GForum.pm syntax OK

Maybe it is a problem with MySQL. I will have to check with the server manager.

Cheers,
Ograin
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Re: [O grain] admin on trial GF gives 'Internal Server Error' In reply to
Me again...


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Maybe it is a problem with MySQL. I will have to check with the server manager.


Is it maybe that I need the admin part to set up MySQL for GForum? Then I'm stuck!

Cheers,

O grain
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Re: [O grain] admin on trial GF gives 'Internal Server Error' In reply to
Hi,

If you can send an email to support-gforum at gossamer-threads.com with login information, we can take a look for you and track down the problem.

Cheers,

Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.
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Re: [Alex] admin on trial GF gives 'Internal Server Error' In reply to
Gee, thanks!

I can't understand how I missed your reply, but I have been changing server anyway.

I still get the same error on the new server, so I will send you an email after the weekend, if you would care to have a go on it.

Cheers,
O Grain
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Re: [O grain] admin on trial GF gives 'Internal Server Error' In reply to
Well, now I have reinstalled it a couple of times, the last time from shell, and now I at least get the admin page up with no error. So far so good Smile.

Actually the first times I uploaded only the .cgi and .dat files and installed from the web (me using a Mac shouldn't cause any problem?). The last and successful time I uploaded the tar file, untared it an installed from the shell.

Thanks anyway!

O Grain