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i get this error message when i try to post a new topic

Content-type: text/html
Software error:
Can't open: No such file or directory at /home/banks/aandbanks-www/cgi-bin/ubb_new_topic.cgi line 369.
For help, please send mail to the webmaster ([email protected]), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. ;

what can i do

someone please help
my board has been down over a month

Can you post here what it says on line 369 in ubb_new_topic.cgi? That will help alot.

its either this....

open (FILE, ">>$vars_config{MembersPath}/user_posts/$user_number.cgi") or die("Can't open: $!" );

or this....

# update user_posts file
if (($reg_status eq 'reg') && ($permission ne 'private')) {
open (FILE, ">>$vars_config{MembersPath}/user_posts/$user_number.cgi") or die("Can't open: $!" );
&lock;
print FILE "$in{f}|$new_topic_number|000000n";
&unlock;
close (FILE);
chmod (0777, "$vars_config{MembersPath}/user_posts/$user_number.cgi");
} # if user is registered & forum is not private

please help

Ok.

Make sure you have your Member directory CHmodded to 777.
Go into the directory and if you see a directory inside the Members directory called "user_posts" then there shouldn't be a prob. Try Chmodding that directory to 755.

i don't have a directory named USER POST

well, after i made a new directory named USER_POSTS it started working

thanx alot guys


but i have another problem
my board won't send email out, so new members can't get their passwords
i noticed some one hacked into my server and deleted my mail folder
what files are needed in there for this to work??