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Hi all,
Every cgi script I install, I keep getting the 500 internal server error. I have cpanel on my own vps server. The path to perl is /usr/bin/perl. In the cgi scripts the path is #!/usr/bin/perl. I have tried using both paths, and have tried the path !/usr/bin/perl. Still get the internal server error. I have tried using every permission configuration and keep getting the error. I have made sure the first line in the script is the path to perl, and have put the files in the cgi_bin of my website, but nothing works.

Can someone please tell me how to install a cgi script properly. I always use php scripts because I could never get a cgi script to work. I have several cgi scripts on my hard drive that I would like to use, but need someone to tell me the proper way of installing them so I don't keep getting the internal server error.

I have shell access to the server, is there something I need to change on the server itself or is it all in just the scripts settings?

Thank you for your time.

Hi,

What is the permission of the file. For scripts to run properly, you must set it to 755.

You can use the command:

chmod 755 <filename>

If this is not case, then you can send and email to our support department with the file location and they will have a look.

Hope this helps.

Tony