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Installing on Plesk - problems
I have been having trouble getting Links 2.0 to install on a server that is running Plesk.

Some research turned up the following from the Plesk website:

Q: What permissions settings do my CGI scripts require? Will my CGI scripts with 777 permission settings work on PSA v2.5?

A: PSA v2.5 utilizes Suexec as a CGI wrapper for security. The Suexec wrapper prevents the CGI script from having permissions set over 755. The script should run fine with 755 permissions.

Now before I go and set every 777 permission to 755, has anyone had any experience with this situation?

Will Links 2.0 function properly with certain permissions set to 755?

Richard
"Be practical, expect miracles." - James T. McCay
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Re: [Tricky Ricky] Installing on Plesk - problems In reply to
Just make sure the folder your cgi scripts are in does not get CHMODed to 777. Basiclly, this is how I have my copy of L2 on my Plesk server;

cgi-bin - 755
cgi-bin/admin - 755
cgi-bin/admin/templates - 777
cgi-bin/admin/data - 777
cgi-bin/admin/backups - 777
etc

Hopefully you get the idea Smile

Andy (mod)
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Re: [Andy] Installing on Plesk - problems In reply to
Thanks Andy, I'll give it a whirl.

The Tech Support at my hosting service asked me why all of the L2 ".cgi" scripts weren't in one directory.

As a pre-Newbie on CGI matters, I wonder if this is an issue. Why would he ask me that?

Richard
"Be practical, expect miracles." - James T. McCay
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Re: [Tricky Ricky] Installing on Plesk - problems In reply to
No cigar!

The file "admin.cgi" tried to download.

Is this a permission thing?

Richard
"Be practical, expect miracles." - James T. McCay
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Re: [Tricky Ricky] Installing on Plesk - problems In reply to
You can learn a lot, a lot faster, by using the search function!

Here is one post: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...load%20admin;#107904

which I found after entering the terms "download admin," which turned up 383 results.


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie
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Re: [PerlFlunkie] Installing on Plesk - problems In reply to
Hey Leonard,

You are right. That is what I have been doing for other issues, but it never occurred to me this time around. I'm aging fast and the mind is slowing down.

Crazy

Richard
"Be practical, expect miracles." - James T. McCay
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Re: [Tricky Ricky] Installing on Plesk - problems In reply to
Concerning "admin.cgi" trying to download:

Notwithstanding the general consensus in the threads that I was pointed to that: "The only way you can get this message is if you did upload in binary mode."; I found the problem to be caused by something else.

I had left a "/" out of a path in "admin.cgi". I must have looked at that path a few dozen times.

I discovered this as I was pulling my hair out trying different editors and ftp'ing. Ahhhhhh, education.

Once the this was corrected things ran perfectly. Crazy

Richard
"Be practical, expect miracles." - James T. McCay