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	CGI/Perl Script Installation

Solution Dear Customer,

CGI/Perl scripts can be quite tricky to install. Here are some basic that should help you.

Your /var/www/cgi-bin folder must be set to permissions 755 otherwise Perl/CGI files will not execute. By default this is the correct setting so do not change it.

All CGI/Perl files should be uploaded to:

/var/www/cgi-bin

Your path to the perl processor is:

/usr/bin/perl

Try uploading a "Hello World" (hello.pl) script to:

/var/www/cgi-bin

Here is basic "hello.pl" script:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Hello, world!\n";

You can execute this script using the URL:

http://www.yourdomainname.co.uk/cgi-bin/hello.pl

This should be enough to get you going with your first CGI/Perl script.

Kind Regards,

HelpDesk.

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Article ID:

327

Created On:

27 Jan 2009 10:05 AM