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CGI Scripting Support

Please find below our support section about CGI scripting. If you have a question that is not answered here, please contact us.

What permissions do I set CGI scripts to, and how do I set them?

To make a script work then you must make the script executable, you do this by setting the permissions on the script. A cgi script should be given the following permissions.

755 or owner=read/write/execute, group=read/execute, world=read/execute

Can I put cgi scripts in my secure space?

Yes, simply upload your CGI script with a .cgi extension and set the permissions from the secure server control panel.

Where do I put CGI or Pearl scripts?

Place them in the cgi-bin directory. You will have to use the one we provide, do not create your own in the public_html directory as this will cause an error.

How do I activate a directory to support CGI?

You cannot do this, the cgi-bin directory is already activated for CGI, so please use this.

What is the root to perl?

The path to the perl binary is /usr/bin/perl and this is the same on all our servers.

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