ok.. this may seems odd but I'd like to know how to enable cgi & perl scripting on my new Windows 2000 server so I can run ubb on my home server rather than get a hosting company to do it for me, thus saving mysef a lot of old headaches and creating new ones!
Currently, I get an "internal server error" for cgi's and nothing (timeout) for perls.
I downloaded and installed ActivePerl but nothing happened(!)..
I'd apreciate any help in this regard.
You need to "map" perl to your cgi and perl scripts on your server.
Mapping perl in IIS takes about 20-30 seconds.
- You pull up the internet services manager, right click on the folder you need mapped to perl (ubbcgi) and click on properties.
- Under Applications settings in the directory tab, click on the "create" button on the right.
- then click on "configuration"
- in App Mappings, scroll to the bottom to make sure cgi isn't already mapped in there
- if it is, make sure .cgi and .pl is mapped to your Perl.exe %s %s or PerlIS.dll
- if it isn't click on "add"
- browse to your Perl.exe then add %s %s after it once you select it and put .cgi in the executable box. Check "All Verbs" and click ok.
- do the same for the .pl extension
That sounds like a lot, but it is step-by-step... ask if I am unclear anywhere...
Here's an
excellent link for you to check out as well -
http://www.simongibson.com/intranet/actperl/actperl.html Allen gave a pretty good explanation, but this page has screenshots.
That
is a good example Matt... gracias mi amigo
Thanks a lot guys.. I did this and there was no way I could've figured the %s %s part myself..
One thing though.. I noticed that in the Internet Services Manager, my cgi-bin dir was just another directory in the Default Web Site tree (i.e. it is a seperate Virtual Dir.) Whereas have created a seperate cgi-bin dir in the localhost dir (c:inetpub on my system).. Where exactly should I create the required UBB dirs from?
Plus, now that I've copied all of my forums, memebrs, etc.. to my server, I setup the UBB but I see a start page with the forums missing! What's happening?
Thanks
[ May 07, 2001 03:03 AM: Message edited by: mam14 ]
check your general display options. If it has display by categories checked, and you have no categories it will look like that.
Amy
aaagh.. that's it..
thanks amykhar.
And to you all