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Hello, I'm French, so please excuse my English.

I just bought "Link SQL" and am trying to install V. 2.0.5 on a Unix server.

I gave the right path to perl in install.cgi. I uploaded install.cgi in ASCII mode, and install.dat in binary as said in the readme file.

But each time I'm trying to go to install.cgi, I have an Internal Server Error 500. I don't have access to the error log (this is an option with my host), so i don't know what is going wrong..

I thought it would be a permissions problem... So I tryed to chmod both file 777 and 755, but it doesn't change a thing.

Finally I tried to install it on a Windows 2000 server, just to check... and it worked !
But I need it on the Unix server... How can i do it ??

Regards,
Chewda!
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Re: [Chewda] Internal Server Error In reply to
Do you have shell access (telnet)?

If so, type in the following command:

Code:

perl -c install.cgi


bye.


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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me
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I did, it returned:

Code:
install.cgi syntax OK

Then I tryed to point my browser back to install.cgi, but I still have my internal server error...

Sounds strange...
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install.cgi needs to be run from your command prompt via telnet:

perl install.cgi

DO not execute it via your web browser!
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me
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>>install.cgi needs to be run from your command prompt via telnet:
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No it doesn't

I've installed plenty of copies from my browser with no errors. Obviously telnet/ssh is preferred but it isn't required.
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Re: [AnthroRules] Internal Server Error In reply to
Fantastic !!

Everything works fine... Great job man !

Smile
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people i have the same problem:( how can i do it whithout shell account?
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Hi there,

Check the permissions on your directories. I had that problem after suEXEC was installed on the server. What I found was that NONE of the directories in the cgi-bin could be drwxrwxrwx. The world write permission on the directory would cause an internal server error when trying to run the script. So make sure the directories permission are at the most 755 (rwxr xr x)

I also had the problem occurr when the group id was not the same as the owner id, but assuming you've uploaded via ftp that wouldn't happen.

good luck to you.