Hello,
I am about to tear my hair out. I cannot figure out why I keep getting this 500 error. I keep going over it but I just cannot figure it out. I like to solve problems myself because I feel you learn more when you solve it yourself but in this case I have to ask for help. I just do not know what I am doing wrong.
I hope someone can help me. I thank all in advance for any and all help with this problem.
ADMIN ADDRESS: http://www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links/admin/admin.cgi
I am on a "Freedom to Surf" ( http://www.f2s.com ) web host site.
01. I changed all the perl lines from #!/usr/local/bin/perl to #!/usr/bin/perl . (This is necessary for F2S.)
02. I made the changes to the "cfg" file. (PLEASE SEE BELOW).
03. I uploaded the files (all of them) in ASCII mode.
04. The basic layout of the script is
www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links
www.jaja.f2s.com/links
05. I CHMODed the "cgi" scipts (all 10 of them) to 755
06. I CHMODed the files in the data directory to 666 . I did not CHMOD the directory folders themselves inside of the data directory only the files.
07. I CHMODed all the files inside of the template directory to 666. (I did not CHMOD the template directory folder to anything)
08. I CHMODed the "hits" and "ratings" directory folders to 777. The files inside of them had been previously chmoded to 666.
09. I CHMODed the "pages" directory folder inside of the links directory folder which is just off the root to 777 (That is, "www.jaja.f2s.com/links/pages" )
10. I created a "log.txt" file, placed it into the "admin" directory folder and chmoded it to 666.
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CHANGES IN "CFG" FILE
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# Paths and URL's to Important Stuff
# --------------------------------------------------------
# PATH and URL of Admin CGI directory. No Trailing Slash.
$db_script_path = "/web/sites/319/jaja/www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links/admin";
$db_dir_url = "http://www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links/admin";
# URL of User CGI directory. No Trailing Slash.
$db_cgi_url = "http://www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links";
# PATH and URL of Pages to be built. No Trailing Slash.
$build_root_path = "/web/sites/319/jaja/www.jaja.f2s.com/links/pages";
$build_root_url = "http://www.jaja.f2s.com/links/pages";
# PATH and URL of What's New page. No Trailing slash.
$build_new_path = "$build_root_path/New";
$build_new_url = "$build_root_url/New";
# PATH and URL of What's Cool page. No Trailing slash.
$build_cool_path = "$build_root_path/Cool";
$build_cool_url = "$build_root_url/Cool";
# PATH and URL of What's Rating page. No Trailing slash.
$build_ratings_path = "$build_root_path/Ratings";
$build_ratings_url = "$build_root_url/Ratings";
# Database Options
# --------------------------------------------------------
# You really need to use flock(). However if your system doesn't support it (Win95),
# then turn this off at your own risk!
$db_use_flock = 1;
# Use Pragma: no-cache to stop browsers from caching output? (0 = cache, 1 = nocache)
$db_nocache = 1;
# Use IIS headers? Set this to 1 if your web server needs the full headers (HTTP/1.0 etc.)
$db_iis = 1;
# Field number of category in category.db
$db_main_category = 1;
# Referers -- which hosts are allowed to add to your database.
@db_referers = ();
# Email Options
# --------------------------------------------------------
# NOTE: Be sure to edit the text of the message. It can be found
# in the templates directory: email-add.txt, email-del.txt and
# email-mod.txt respectively.
# Set only ONE of either $db_mail_path which should go to a
# mail program like sendmail, or $db_smtp_server which will use
# a SMTP server. Do not set both at once!
# PATH of sendmail. # SMTP Server
$db_mail_path = 'usr/lib/sendmail'; $db_smtp_server = '';
# Email address of the administrator. BE SURE TO SET!
$db_admin_email = 'links_admin@t2p.f2s.com';
# Notify visitors automatically when their links are validated?
$db_email_add = 1;
# Notify visitors automatically when their links are modified?
$db_email_modify = 1;
# Log all outgoing messages? Put the full path to a logfile and make sure it
# exists and is writeable (chmod 666 -rw-rw-rw-). This logfile can get pretty
# big!
$db_mailer_log = '/web/sites/319/jaja/www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links/admin/log.txt';
# Build Options
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Setting for popular cutoff, can either be a percent (i.e. top 3%), or
# a fixed value (i.e. top 10). Enter 0.03 or 10 respectively.
$db_popular_cutoff = 0.03; # Top 3%
# Number of days a link is considered New.
$db_new_cutoff = 14; # 14 days old.
# Return search results bolded (1 = yes, 0 = no).
$search_bold = 1;
# The name of an index file.
$build_index = "index.html";
# The extension to use for non index files:
$build_extension = ".html";
# Should your add.cgi automatically select what category the user
# is adding his link into?
$db_single_category = 0;
# Directory Permissions. Do NOT put quotes around it. Set to 0777
# for world writeable. If you put this at 0755, you might need a
# script to remove any directories created as they will be owned
# by the web server or user nobody. Better solution might be to
# run the nph-build routine from the command shell.
$build_dir_per = 0777;
# The script can now break up category pages that have more then x
# number of links in it. It will also create next and previous links
# to help navigate. Set this to 1 if you want to break up pages or 0 if
# you want to have only one page per category.
# Setting this to one, will also break up the What's New pages into
# per day sections (not affected by number of links per page).
$build_span_pages = 0;
# Number of links per page.
$build_links_per_page = 10;
# Detailed View: The script can build a single html page per link. This is
# great if you have a review in your database. To enable, you must set
# the directory where all the pages will be stored, the url to that directory
# and set the enable option.
$build_detailed = 0;
$build_detail_path = "$build_root_path/Detailed";
$build_detail_url = "$build_root_url/Detailed";
# Use Templates: instead of editing site_html.pl, you can edit regular html pages
# encoded with special <%links_tags%>. It's not as flexible as site_html.pl, but it
# may be easier.
$build_use_templates = 1;
# Site Title, the default title to use. You should really spend some time customizing
# the directory though!
$build_site_title = 'Science Is Awesome Links';
# Date Routines
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Your date format can be whatever you like, as long as the following
# two functions are defined &date_to_unix and &unix_to_date:
# The default is dd-mmm-yyyy.
sub date_to_unix {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine must take your date format and return the time a la UNIX time().
# Some things to be careful about..
# timelocal does not like to be in array context, don't do my($time) = timelocal (..)
# int your values just in case to remove spaces, etc.
# catch the fatal error timelocal will generate if you have a bad date..
# don't forget that the month is indexed from 0!
#
my $date = shift; my $i;
my %months = map { $_ => $i++ } qw!Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec!;
my ($day, $mon, $year) = split(/-/, $date);
exists $months{$mon} or return undef;
$day = int($day); $year = $year - 1900;
require Time::Local;
my $time = 0;
eval {
$time = &Time::Local::timelocal(0,0,0, $day, $months{$mon}, $year);
};
if ($@) { die "invalid date format: $date - parsed as (day: $day, month: $months{$mon}, year: $year). Reason: $@"; }
return $time;
}
sub unix_to_date {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine must take a unix time and return your date format
# A much simpler routine, just make sure your format isn't so complex that
# you can't get it back into unix time.
#
my $time = shift;
my ($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $mon, $year, $dweek, $dyear, $tz) = localtime $time;
my @months = qw!Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec!;
$year = $year + 1900;
return "$day-$months[$mon]-$year";
}
sub long_date {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine is for printing a nicer date format on the what's new page. It should
# take in a date in your current format and return a new one.
my $time = shift;
$time = &date_to_unix ($time);
my ($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $mon, $year, $dweek, $dyear, $tz) = localtime $time;
my @months = qw!January February March April May June July August September October November December!;
my @days = qw!Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday!;
$year = $year + 1900;
return "$days[$dweek], $months[$mon] $day $year";
}
# -------------------------------------------------------------
# Extra Paths -- unless you feel the need to rename files, you
# can leave this as is.
# -------------------------------------------------------------
I DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES HERE
WP1
I am about to tear my hair out. I cannot figure out why I keep getting this 500 error. I keep going over it but I just cannot figure it out. I like to solve problems myself because I feel you learn more when you solve it yourself but in this case I have to ask for help. I just do not know what I am doing wrong.
I hope someone can help me. I thank all in advance for any and all help with this problem.
ADMIN ADDRESS: http://www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links/admin/admin.cgi
I am on a "Freedom to Surf" ( http://www.f2s.com ) web host site.
01. I changed all the perl lines from #!/usr/local/bin/perl to #!/usr/bin/perl . (This is necessary for F2S.)
02. I made the changes to the "cfg" file. (PLEASE SEE BELOW).
03. I uploaded the files (all of them) in ASCII mode.
04. The basic layout of the script is
www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links
www.jaja.f2s.com/links
05. I CHMODed the "cgi" scipts (all 10 of them) to 755
06. I CHMODed the files in the data directory to 666 . I did not CHMOD the directory folders themselves inside of the data directory only the files.
07. I CHMODed all the files inside of the template directory to 666. (I did not CHMOD the template directory folder to anything)
08. I CHMODed the "hits" and "ratings" directory folders to 777. The files inside of them had been previously chmoded to 666.
09. I CHMODed the "pages" directory folder inside of the links directory folder which is just off the root to 777 (That is, "www.jaja.f2s.com/links/pages" )
10. I created a "log.txt" file, placed it into the "admin" directory folder and chmoded it to 666.
-----------------------------------------------
CHANGES IN "CFG" FILE
-----------------------------------------------
# Paths and URL's to Important Stuff
# --------------------------------------------------------
# PATH and URL of Admin CGI directory. No Trailing Slash.
$db_script_path = "/web/sites/319/jaja/www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links/admin";
$db_dir_url = "http://www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links/admin";
# URL of User CGI directory. No Trailing Slash.
$db_cgi_url = "http://www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links";
# PATH and URL of Pages to be built. No Trailing Slash.
$build_root_path = "/web/sites/319/jaja/www.jaja.f2s.com/links/pages";
$build_root_url = "http://www.jaja.f2s.com/links/pages";
# PATH and URL of What's New page. No Trailing slash.
$build_new_path = "$build_root_path/New";
$build_new_url = "$build_root_url/New";
# PATH and URL of What's Cool page. No Trailing slash.
$build_cool_path = "$build_root_path/Cool";
$build_cool_url = "$build_root_url/Cool";
# PATH and URL of What's Rating page. No Trailing slash.
$build_ratings_path = "$build_root_path/Ratings";
$build_ratings_url = "$build_root_url/Ratings";
# Database Options
# --------------------------------------------------------
# You really need to use flock(). However if your system doesn't support it (Win95),
# then turn this off at your own risk!
$db_use_flock = 1;
# Use Pragma: no-cache to stop browsers from caching output? (0 = cache, 1 = nocache)
$db_nocache = 1;
# Use IIS headers? Set this to 1 if your web server needs the full headers (HTTP/1.0 etc.)
$db_iis = 1;
# Field number of category in category.db
$db_main_category = 1;
# Referers -- which hosts are allowed to add to your database.
@db_referers = ();
# Email Options
# --------------------------------------------------------
# NOTE: Be sure to edit the text of the message. It can be found
# in the templates directory: email-add.txt, email-del.txt and
# email-mod.txt respectively.
# Set only ONE of either $db_mail_path which should go to a
# mail program like sendmail, or $db_smtp_server which will use
# a SMTP server. Do not set both at once!
# PATH of sendmail. # SMTP Server
$db_mail_path = 'usr/lib/sendmail'; $db_smtp_server = '';
# Email address of the administrator. BE SURE TO SET!
$db_admin_email = 'links_admin@t2p.f2s.com';
# Notify visitors automatically when their links are validated?
$db_email_add = 1;
# Notify visitors automatically when their links are modified?
$db_email_modify = 1;
# Log all outgoing messages? Put the full path to a logfile and make sure it
# exists and is writeable (chmod 666 -rw-rw-rw-). This logfile can get pretty
# big!
$db_mailer_log = '/web/sites/319/jaja/www.jaja.f2s.com/cgi-bin/links/admin/log.txt';
# Build Options
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Setting for popular cutoff, can either be a percent (i.e. top 3%), or
# a fixed value (i.e. top 10). Enter 0.03 or 10 respectively.
$db_popular_cutoff = 0.03; # Top 3%
# Number of days a link is considered New.
$db_new_cutoff = 14; # 14 days old.
# Return search results bolded (1 = yes, 0 = no).
$search_bold = 1;
# The name of an index file.
$build_index = "index.html";
# The extension to use for non index files:
$build_extension = ".html";
# Should your add.cgi automatically select what category the user
# is adding his link into?
$db_single_category = 0;
# Directory Permissions. Do NOT put quotes around it. Set to 0777
# for world writeable. If you put this at 0755, you might need a
# script to remove any directories created as they will be owned
# by the web server or user nobody. Better solution might be to
# run the nph-build routine from the command shell.
$build_dir_per = 0777;
# The script can now break up category pages that have more then x
# number of links in it. It will also create next and previous links
# to help navigate. Set this to 1 if you want to break up pages or 0 if
# you want to have only one page per category.
# Setting this to one, will also break up the What's New pages into
# per day sections (not affected by number of links per page).
$build_span_pages = 0;
# Number of links per page.
$build_links_per_page = 10;
# Detailed View: The script can build a single html page per link. This is
# great if you have a review in your database. To enable, you must set
# the directory where all the pages will be stored, the url to that directory
# and set the enable option.
$build_detailed = 0;
$build_detail_path = "$build_root_path/Detailed";
$build_detail_url = "$build_root_url/Detailed";
# Use Templates: instead of editing site_html.pl, you can edit regular html pages
# encoded with special <%links_tags%>. It's not as flexible as site_html.pl, but it
# may be easier.
$build_use_templates = 1;
# Site Title, the default title to use. You should really spend some time customizing
# the directory though!
$build_site_title = 'Science Is Awesome Links';
# Date Routines
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Your date format can be whatever you like, as long as the following
# two functions are defined &date_to_unix and &unix_to_date:
# The default is dd-mmm-yyyy.
sub date_to_unix {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine must take your date format and return the time a la UNIX time().
# Some things to be careful about..
# timelocal does not like to be in array context, don't do my($time) = timelocal (..)
# int your values just in case to remove spaces, etc.
# catch the fatal error timelocal will generate if you have a bad date..
# don't forget that the month is indexed from 0!
#
my $date = shift; my $i;
my %months = map { $_ => $i++ } qw!Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec!;
my ($day, $mon, $year) = split(/-/, $date);
exists $months{$mon} or return undef;
$day = int($day); $year = $year - 1900;
require Time::Local;
my $time = 0;
eval {
$time = &Time::Local::timelocal(0,0,0, $day, $months{$mon}, $year);
};
if ($@) { die "invalid date format: $date - parsed as (day: $day, month: $months{$mon}, year: $year). Reason: $@"; }
return $time;
}
sub unix_to_date {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine must take a unix time and return your date format
# A much simpler routine, just make sure your format isn't so complex that
# you can't get it back into unix time.
#
my $time = shift;
my ($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $mon, $year, $dweek, $dyear, $tz) = localtime $time;
my @months = qw!Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec!;
$year = $year + 1900;
return "$day-$months[$mon]-$year";
}
sub long_date {
# --------------------------------------------------------
# This routine is for printing a nicer date format on the what's new page. It should
# take in a date in your current format and return a new one.
my $time = shift;
$time = &date_to_unix ($time);
my ($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $mon, $year, $dweek, $dyear, $tz) = localtime $time;
my @months = qw!January February March April May June July August September October November December!;
my @days = qw!Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday!;
$year = $year + 1900;
return "$days[$dweek], $months[$mon] $day $year";
}
# -------------------------------------------------------------
# Extra Paths -- unless you feel the need to rename files, you
# can leave this as is.
# -------------------------------------------------------------
I DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES HERE
WP1
F2s have a funny CHMOD system, and if you CHMOD it to 777 you won't get any script working withing that folder! Also remember to CHMOD to 755 with the other folders that use the CGI Scripts (like the cgi-bin, etc). 