On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Garcia Elizabeth wrote:
> hi,
> how do i do that... what command should i issue...
> i tried perl -c checkusage.cgi on the command line and
> says Syntax OK....
>
syntax is ok but something goes wrong during runtime...
try doing it this way
perl -w checkusage.cgi
try making the program run as expected on the command prompt. it is easier
to debug this way. To do this, it may be necessary to rig the data first.
here's a short checklist i use when things go awry ...
1. does the program run in the command prompt ?
2. check the web server's logs for problems...
3. are the headers correctly set (the Content-Type : ... etc) ?
4. is the web server properly configured (is cgi allowed , etc)
5. does the web server have the necessary privileges ?
6. check the web server's logs again... and again.. :)
to test the item #5 , login as the user that the web server is running at
then run the program at the prompt. so let's say the web server is running
as www, login as first as root (you really need to be root (or have root
privileges to do this) ... then run "su www"
hth,
-mark
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