Here's another example of CGI's not seeming to work... So far I haven't gotten any help from Catalog.com, although they keep telling me they're "working on it." Once I Enter (http://www.SanDiegoForum.com), I get a "Page Not Found" error (CGI script not calling the page). Anyone else work with UBB or CGI???

Wm

Well, is the cgi-bin/ubb directory actually in existance? Apache is probably rerouting the "cgi-bin" to something like /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin instead of something like /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin. Check your httpd.conf and search for cgi-bin. See if it is aliased.

Originally posted by Shooter
Here's another example of CGI's not seeming to work... So far I haven't gotten any help from Catalog.com, although they keep telling me they're "working on it." Once I Enter (http://www.SanDiegoForum.com), I get a "Page Not Found" error (CGI script not calling the page). Anyone else work with UBB or CGI???



I have two installations of UBB up and running on my catalog.com server. Just follow the installation instructions for a seperate cgi-bin directory. All cgi and pl files must be in it with proper permissions. There are also a couple of files that must be there as well. All listed in the install instructions.

cgi-bin/board/ <-- all these files
board <-- all other files.

Just a thought. Do you have a directory named cgi-bin inside your htdocs directory, or are you using the cgi-bin in your domain.com directory?


[Edited by Racin' Rob on 10-15-2000 at 12:47 AM]

I found an /apache/conf/httpsd.conf file, which shows a CGI alias as:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/local/plesk/apache/cgi-bin/"

I know that each virtual host has a series of directories, incl /cgi-bin/ and /httpdocs/ . The UBB is installed as /httpdocs/cgi-bin/ and /httpdocs/cgi-bin/ubb/.

The other vhost with the CGI problem has a similar directory structure. The file that ccBill is trying to test is /httpdocs/ccbill/whereami.cgi (*they* placed it there), but the cgi will not execute. They say that they tested it under /cgi-bin/ as well as its current /httpdocs/ location.

Does anything look blatantly wrong with this picture???

Thanx,
Wm

I DO have a separate cgi-bin directory:
/bin/
/cgi-bin/
/httpdocs/(cgi-bin/ubb/ is in here)
/logs/
/pd/
/webusers/


Wm

Originally posted by Shooter
I found an /apache/conf/httpsd.conf file, which shows a CGI alias as:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/local/plesk/apache/cgi-bin/"

I know that each virtual host has a series of directories, incl /cgi-bin/ and /httpdocs/ . The UBB is installed as /httpdocs/cgi-bin/ and /httpdocs/cgi-bin/ubb/.


all scripts should be within this directory:
/usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/domain.com/cgi-bin/ubb/

everything else including all html files, should be here:
/usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/ubb/

You should NOT have a cgi-bin directory inside your httpdocs directory structure.


The other vhost with the CGI problem has a similar directory structure. The file that ccBill is trying to test is /httpdocs/ccbill/whereami.cgi (*they* placed it there), but the cgi will not execute. They say that they tested it under /cgi-bin/ as well as its current /httpdocs/ location.

Does anything look blatantly wrong with this picture???


It should be in your cgi-bin, and not your httpdocs directory.

Originally posted by Shooter
I DO have a separate cgi-bin directory:
/bin/
/cgi-bin/
/httpdocs/(cgi-bin/ubb/ is in here)
/logs/
/pd/
/webusers/


This is part of your problem.

/httpdocs/(cgi-bin/ubb/ is in here) <-- get rid of this whole directory. Your cgi-bin is outside your httpdocs directory

depending on the settings of the apache server you *can* actually run cgi scripts anywhere. Including in the htdocs directory. It might not be the most secure configuration but it is possible ... and done.

later

David

Originally posted by Racin' Rob
all scripts should be within this directory:
/usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/domain.com/cgi-bin/ubb/

everything else including all html files, should be here:
/usr/local/plesk/apache/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/ubb/

You should NOT have a cgi-bin directory inside your httpdocs directory structure.

That's how it's now set up - but I now get an "Internal Server Error." :-/

Wm

It sounds like a permissions error. Did you follow the installtion instructions to a "T"? chmod for the cgi & pl files and the directory etc?

http://www.infopop.com/ubb_support/support_ubb_unixinstall.html

here are the standard causes for errors I get when I run cgi scripts

1. error in the script.
check: run the script from the command line to make sure there are no errors in it

2. wrong perl path
check: look at the first line in the cgi call and ensure it matches the path of where perl on your system

3. Wrong permissions
check: most cgi scripts need to be world executable
so I usually set my scripts to be: 755 or 555

later

David

Add to that list:

4) Uploaded script in binary and not ASCII.

Make sure that you upload the script(s) in ASCII. Don't assume that 'auto detect' will do it correctly.