cgi: matt's links

[flowersource]

Please help,
I've been trying to get 'matts links script' installed for 10 days now, I give up.
Besides the chmod settings, (tried 755..777, with cute ftp ) this is all there is to it:

links.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl (copied from links.pl)

# Define Variables
$filename = "links.html";
$linksurl = "http://flowersource.net/links.html";
$linkscgi = "http://flowersource.net/cgi-bin/links.pl";
$linkstitle = "Matt's Script Archive: Free For All Demo";
$database = "database.txt";

database.txt needs to be mode 777
links.pl needs to be mode 755

This is the last error that I got:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@flowersource.net and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

Premature end of script headers: /big/dom/xflowersource/cgi-bin/links.pl


Apache/1.3.3 Server at www.flowersource.net Port 80

Thanks,
Mike

[hearts]

hey Mike...........

i am not looking at the read me file of this.. however, I do have a question or two.

$database = "database.txt";

don't you need to specify where that file is?

The database.txt does not get placed into your cgi-bin... therefore I believe you need the path to this file.

what I would do is put the links.html and the database.txt in the same directory.. /links/ .. it will make it easier to sort through all your files you have on the server.

if you send me the URL to your script, I don't mind lending a hand. sorta got hooked on playing with CGI.. giggle

BTW... I sent ya email.

----- went to Matt's ---

here is what you are needing.. *reading the readme file helps a WHOLE LOT YA KNOW.. giggle


$filename = "/server/path/to/links.html";
Path Location of your links.html file.

$database = "/path/to/database.txt";


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hearts






[This message has been edited by hearts (edited 02-07-99).]

[Justin]

She's right - put database.txt and links.html in the links directory, and then set the paths to:

$filename = "/links/links.html";

- or -

$filename = "/big/dom/xflowersource/www/links.html";

and the other:

$database = "/links/database.txt";

- or -

$database = "/big/dom/xflowersource/www/links/database.txt";

Not sure which, but one will work. You can't put world writable files in the cgi-bin, and it's not a good idea anyway.

Funny, I used Matt's free for all links page, and I don't remember a database.txt file. There was a badwords.txt and a badurls.txt or something like that - must be a different version.

Another thing, if you chmod'd files in the cgi-bin to 777, they didn't change. CuteFTP doesn't tell you that it didn't work unless you pay attention to the log window, but look at the attributes: rwx,r-x,r-x is what is will show. 755 is the highest you can go in the cgi-bin.

Hope this helps http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif


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Justin Nelson, SFE Inc.
http://www.vdj.net

[Justin]

Nevermind - I just added my site http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif

[flowersource]

Thanks to Maria and Justin, I think that I've just learned to pay attention to the difference in 'URL address' and 'path'
There are several/many modified versions of Matt Wrights script. I want to try to use this one because it looks like it will be simpler to modify the 'categories' to fit my website content.
Thanks,
Mike
ps: wanna help with ubb freeware version install next ? : )

[hearts]

sure.. for a slight fee! *EG*

if it is anything like the guestbook, it should be a piece of cake! http://www.aota.net/ubb/wink.gif

and a few extra cusswords along the way! *EG*

hit me in email.. anytime.. http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif

[Del]

ps: wanna help with ubb freeware version install next ? : )

I've got a tutorial on how to install UBB both free and paid on FutureQuest. Url is http://www.downinit.com/stuff/ubb.html



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Del
www.downinit.com (http://www.downinit.com)

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[flowersource]

Thanks, I'll check it out later. I spent a day trying to get it working using the tutorial on fquest and the one on the ubb site. No luck.
Mike

[Deb]

Hey Del,

On your instructions -- You make a note about the date problem in the UBB... that is no longer an issue in the versions they have available for download now -- to save confusion you may want to remove that part and/or add a notation somewhere so it's only specific to the broken version and not the fixed versions.

Thanks!
Deb

[Del]

Hiya Deb

It's all fixed now. The lab's cruddy FTP program decided it would work for a little while, so I removed the troublesome section in question.

What else do I need to fix?

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Del
www.downinit.com (http://www.downinit.com)

[This message has been edited by Del (edited 02-08-99).]