Whenever I try to bring up my file manager, by accessing fileman.cgi, I get a 500 error. The readme is a bit confusing as to whether or not you need to run it in a cgi-bin or not, and what the file permissions of the directory the fileman.cgi is in.

Any help would be appreciated.

First of all...it is a myth that you can only execute CGI scripts via the cgi-bin.

Second...check for the following:

1) Permission of the script is set to 755 (rwxr-xr-x).

2) You have probably configured the configuration file with the correct ABSOLUTE path where your files are located.

3) Make sure that you have uploaded all your files in ASCII-TEXT ONLY mod via FTP.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

Um, I hate to correct you, but it's not a myth.
On many web hosts you do need to put scripts in a particular directory, usually called cgi-bin, but I've seen other names, in order for the script to run. This is because many servers are paranoid and don't want to risk being "hacked".
Sorry to be picky
Nick

Well...I should have been more specific...MOST servers are not directory specific when exectuting CGI scripts!

Thus...the mandate that ALL CGI scripts must run in CGI-BIN directories is a MYTH!

Regards,

Eliot Lee

I have got the same problem too. And I have followed the readme installation instructions, but finally got 500 error when uploading the file, what should I do?

Tripple check your permissions and that you uploaded all the files in ASCII. I would upload the files again and force an ASCII upload instead of using the auto upload feature. If you have telnet/ssh access run the script from the command line and post the errors here.

Regards
~Charlie

Check the syntax of your fileman.cgi script:



Regards,

Eliot Lee

I had the same problem until I removed the <CR>s from the fileman.cgi file...in Linux, try this:

tr -d '\015' < fileman.cgi > newfileman.cgi
mv newfileman.cgi fileman.cgi