1. What paths to server resources
should I use in my CGI or PERL scripts?
Here are the correct paths to the common server resources
that CGI scripts often require:
Date: /bin/date
Sendmail: /usr/lib/sendmail
Path to Perl interpreter: #!/usr/bin/perl
Serverpath: /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin
Root path: /home/username/ (puts you
in the root of your account)
Domain directory: /home/username/public_html
(puts you in your public_html directory)
Cgi-bin path: /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/filename
(puts you in your cgi-bin)
2. Where do I put my CGI scripts?
Put your cgi-bin scripts in the public_html subdirectory
named "cgi-bin".
3. How do I use FormMail?
The FormMail
Clone Email Form Script we offer pre-installed from
cPanel is a clone of Matt Wright's FormMail.cgi under
a less restrictive license. It should behave almost exactly
as FormMail.cgi, but it is completely written from scratch
so there might be a few minor visual diffrences. The FormMail
CGI script is already configured on our server for your
account. From your Control Panel under Scripts Library,
click FormMail and there you will find the location of
your preconfigured FormMail script. NOTE: Due to spammers
using spider software to attempt to hijack FormMail scripts
on servers in order to send spam from those servers, many
servers (including ours) no longer use the scriptname
FormMail.cgi. We provide you with a new name for your
script if you decide to use the script.
The 'method' to select for your form is POST. If you
would like a handy tutorial on using FormMail, go to http://www.scriptarchive.com/readme/formmail.html.
If are familiar with Perl/CGI and you would like to use
the original FormMail script because you prefer to have
more control over configuring your variables, please use
version FormMail v1.91 or v1.92 to prevent spammers using
your script at your bandwidth expense. You can download
it at http://www.scriptarchive.com/download.cgi?s=formmail.
4. Why am I getting the "Server:
Error 500" message?
500 errors are typically something wrong in the syntax
of your script. Most often you should check to make sure
you have the path to PERL correct. Currently we are running
Perl5.6+ on our servers.
The correct path to PERL is: #!/usr/bin/perl
If you are using FrontPage to create your site, you may
need a different solution.
5. What file permissions do
I need for my CGI script?
CGIs must be set with executable file permissions, or
requests for the script from the web server will result
in an Internal Server Error. Scripts that need to be executable
should have their permission set with chmod 755. This
sets the file's permissions so that the file's owner may
read, write, and execute the file; and anyone else can
only read and execute it.
6. How do I run my own CGI programs?
Put your CGI programs inside the cgi-bin directory. Make
sure you upload them in ASCII mode. Change permissions
to 755 for the script (chmod 755 scriptname). Access them
via http://www.yourname.com/cgi-bin/scriptname
7. How do I look at my website before the DNS switches?
Type http://ip-address/~username in your web browser replacing username with your actual username and replace ip-address with ip address containted in the welcome email.
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