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Why can't I run the CGI script?

I'm running the CGI (Perl) script on Linux. Read/Write/Execute permission has already been granted to the script and in fact the directories above.

Why do I still encounter this problem?

You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/order.cgi on this server.

Thanks.

maneshr

IceMountain,

"..Why do I still encounter this problem?...
You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/order.cgi on this server."

What is the exact permission that you have given??

i would suggest you start with 777 to cgi-bin and order .cgi and see if that works.

if that does, then work down to 775.

let me know how it goes.

IceMountain

ASKER

I've already changed to 777. Problem still exists.

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maneshr

IceMountain,

" Problem still exists. ...."

Do you have telnet access to the server??

if you do, can you telnet to that server and try executing the script directly from the command prompt??

let me know how it goes.

IceMountain

ASKER

blago, what is shebang line?

maneshr, yes, i tried to run from the command prompt. It doesn't give me the permission denied message although there's compilation error.

maneshr

IceMountain,

"..although there's compilation error..."

Can you post that script here??

Can you try this sample program, both from the command line and from the browser??

#!/usr/local/bin/perl

$|++;

print "Looks ok<BR>\n";

NOTE: you might have to change the path to the PERL interpreter as per your servers requirements.

Also can you post the URL where one can see this program/error in action?

let me know

blago

Shebang line is the first line of you script that shows the location of PERL interpreter. For instance #!/usr/local/bin/perl.

maneshr

IceMountain,

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What solution, if any, did you use??

Pl. let us know.

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