I am trying to install a script for someone hosted on fasthosts.co.uk servers.

The control panel is much less than they make it out to be on their site. It does not list cron as an option. I have SSH access, but the thing doesn't seem to work as every other server I have accessed via SSH. I can't get simple things such as "perl thisscript.cgi" to work let alone set up a cron job (If I even can.). I think it says "bad command" to just about everything I try. I did get "cd" and "ls" to work, but that's all so far.

I upload files to the cgi-bin and chmod the scripts to 755 and a data file to another setting. Then, I view them again via FTP they are all set to 700 again. (Not a huge deal, but that's a bit odd, isn't it?)

I can't get a simple sendmail script to work. The guy did send me what he thinks the path is, but I am not even sure there is sendmail.

To top it all off... fasthosts.co.uk online support (such as a FAQ page) is non existent!

Are there any current clients out there that can offer some insight?

-Michael

P.S. What a way to earn 30 bucks!

When I knew nothing of being hosted, the first place I managed to find some basic help and advice from was a forum devoted entirely to pee'ed off fasthosts customers.

Made me resolve never to look at them for hosting - a relief really, as I'd been momentarilly sucked in by one of their ads.

Don't FastHosts run Windows servers?

Originally posted by voxtreme-matt
Don't FastHosts run Windows servers?
Looks like they now offer both Linux and Windows.