John-Bayles
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CPANEL and PERL / CGI
i have to web hosting accounts and neither will let me use perl or cgi scripts!
everytime i attempt to run a script i get on both accounts:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@extreme-template
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
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everytime i attempt to run a script i get on both accounts:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@extreme-template
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
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are you putting the scripts in your cgi-bin? do they have proper permissions (go into file manager and check. should be 755).
do the cgi-scripts that come bundled with your cpanel work? cgiemail is a common one that's included. try going to http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/cgiecho if it redirects to http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/cgiemail/nopath.html (which is what happens when you don't supply any parameters when calling it), then things are functioning fine, it's a problem with the script you're trying to run.
if cgiecho is present, but doesn't run, then you need to contact your provider to straighten things out.
if cgiecho does function, and you're putting your scripts in your cgi-bin with 755 permissions, then you need to check them out.. path to perl (viewable from your cpanel home), syntax, etc.
do the cgi-scripts that come bundled with your cpanel work? cgiemail is a common one that's included. try going to http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/cgiecho if it redirects to http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/cgiemail/nopath.html (which is what happens when you don't supply any parameters when calling it), then things are functioning fine, it's a problem with the script you're trying to run.
if cgiecho is present, but doesn't run, then you need to contact your provider to straighten things out.
if cgiecho does function, and you're putting your scripts in your cgi-bin with 755 permissions, then you need to check them out.. path to perl (viewable from your cpanel home), syntax, etc.
ASKER
yes the files are in my cgi-bin and the permissions are set correctly
cpanel> web log >
see the log and tell the what log say