wtf? with all the blah blah cgi clah blah perl boards

28-01-2002 3:33pm #1

Ok, so I'm workin on a new website and, instead of using ezboard or something like that, I decide I should run my own little boards of my site.

After looking round at all the options I find http://www.yabbforum.com/ and I like the look of it.

Now I have a problem, I have no idea whatsoever how to install it. It sez i need either perl or cgi so i look for both on the redhat box i want to run it off.

I presume this means perl is installed : /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/

so i choose perl.

Now what?

1. is /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/ the location of perl? If so should I replace #!C:/Perl/Bin with it?

2. How do i find the 'location of your sendmail program'?

3. wtf is a cgi-bin? can i just create one or is there only one per box? Basically, do i just create a cgi-bin folder inside the folder i want to install yabb to and work from ther?

As you can see, I really dont have a clue what im doin, but I betcha I make it wrk

Thanx in advance for any help

Baz_ · 28-01-2002 3:42pm

1. replace the "#!c:\perl\bin" line with "#!/usr/bin/perl" usually.

2. the location of sendmail is again usually "/usr/sbin/sendmail"

3. The folder you have set to contain the website, usually should have a folder called cgi-bin directly under it. On my server i log in, and the folders i can see are cgi-bin and httpdocs among others, it is within the cgi-bin folder that you install the stuff.

hope that helps

Enygma · 28-01-2002 3:42pm

I installed this one before without any problems, but then I was getting hosting off the guys that wrote it

You should be ok if you just follow the instructions.

A quick checklist:

Are you on a *nix server?

Is Perl installed?

Is sendmail installed?

Have you got permission to run CGI's?

Pablo · 28-01-2002 3:43pm

which sendmail

#!usr/lib/perl

and cgi-bin is a folder name cgi-bin , which normally has the facility , set the mode , so that anyone can execute a script

28-01-2002 3:48pm

Thanx for the reply d00d

baz: so which one of the follwoing is the address?

/usr/bin/perl5.00503
/usr/bin/perl
/usr/bin/perlbug
/usr/bin/perlcc
/usr/bin/perldoc

/usr/bin/perl i guess??????

Cool, sendamil sorted

thanx

Enygma:
YES
YES
YES
Er, how do i check if I have cgi permission?

So, then i create a cgi bin folder and work from ther? And there should not necessarily be one there already?

logic1 · 28-01-2002 3:48pm

Alright Gary,

First off stick this in a text file:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Save it as info.php and upload it to your server. Chmod 777 if needs be and go to http://www.your-url.com/info.php

That'll give you a bit of php info if it's installed.

Then stick this in a new text file called perlinfo.cgi

#!/usr/bin/perl

$sendmail	=`whereis sendmail`;$plocation	=`whereis perl`;@perlloc = split(" ",$plocation);@mailloc = split(" ",$sendmail);$font = '<FONT FACE="Verdana, sans serif" SIZE=2>';&vars;print "Content-type:  text/html\n\n";print qq~<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>$program $version</TITLE></HEAD><LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="http://www.scriptsolutions.com/images/style.css" TYPE="text/css"><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" ALINK="#FDB900" LINK="#BF0425" VLINK="#1200FD" TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 RIGHTMARGIN=0><TABLE WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR=#FDB900 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0 BACKGROUND="http://www.scriptsolutions.com/cgi-bin/bannertrak/bannertrak.cgi?aff=${program}_${version}&img=top.GIF"><TR><TH>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE><P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Courier New,mono" SIZE=3 COLOR="#BF0425"><B><A HREF="http://www.scriptsolutions.com/" TARGET="_blank">$dev</A><BR><FONT SIZE=6>$program $version</FONT></FONT></P></B><P><DIV ALIGN=CENTER><TABLE WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR=#FDB900 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0><TR><TH>$font<FONT SIZE=4>Server Program Paths</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=3 WIDTH=95%>	<TR><TD BGCOLOR="$bgcolor" WIDTH=35%>${font}<B>Perl Executable:</B></TD>		<TD WIDTH=65%>${font}$^X</TD></TR>	<TR><TD BGCOLOR="$bgcolor">${font}<B>Perl Version:</B></TD>		<TD>${font}$]</TD></TR>	<TR><TD BGCOLOR="$bgcolor">${font}<B>PERL compile version OS:</B></TD>		<TD>${font}$^O</TD></TR>	<TR><TD BGCOLOR="$bgcolor">${font}<B>GID</B>: <FONT SIZE=1>(If not blank, you are on a machine that supports membership in 		multiple groups simultaneously)</FONT></TD>		<TD>${font}$<</TD></TR>	<TR><TD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="$bgcolor">${font}<B>Location of Perl:</B></TD>		<TD>${font}~;foreach $loc(@perlloc){	print "$loc<BR>\n";}		print qq~</TD></TR>	<TR><TD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="$bgcolor">${font}<B>Location of Sendmail:</B></TD>		<TD>${font}~;foreach $ml(@mailloc){	print "$ml<BR>\n";}		print qq~</TD></TR>	<TR><TD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="$bgcolor">${font} <B>Directory locations searched for perl executables</B></TD><TD>$font~;foreach $item(@INC){	print "$item <BR>\n";}	print qq~</TD></TR></TABLE><P><TABLE WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR=#FDB900 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0><TR><TH>$font<FONT SIZE=4>Environment Variables</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=3 WIDTH=95%>~;foreach $fieldname(keys %ENV){	print qq~	<TR><TD BGCOLOR="$bgcolor" WIDTH=35%><B>${font}$fieldname</B></TD>		<TD WIDTH=65%>${font}$ENV{$fieldname}</TD></TR>~;}	print qq~</TABLE><P><TABLE WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR=#FDB900 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0><TR><TH>$font<FONT SIZE=4>Installed Modules</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=3 WIDTH=100%>~;find(\&wanted,@INC);$modcount = 0;foreach $line(@foundmods){		$match = lc($line);		if ($found{$line}[0] >0)	{$found{$line} = [$found{$line}[0]+1,$match]}		else 		  		{$found{$line} = ["1",$match];$modcount++}}@foundmods = sort count keys(%found);sub count {return $found{$a}[1] cmp $found{$b}[1]}$third = $modcount/3;$count=0;print "<TR><TD WIDTH=33% VALIGN=TOP><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1>";foreach $mod(@foundmods){	chomp $mod;	$count++;	if ($count <= $third){			print qq~<TR><TD>${font}$mod</TD></TR>~;	}	else {push (@mod1,$mod)}}print "</TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=33% VALIGN=TOP><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1>";$count = 0;foreach $mod1(@mod1){	chomp $mod1;	$count++;	if ($count <= $third){			print qq~<TR><TD>${font}$mod1</TD></TR>~;	}	else {push (@mod2,$mod1)}}print "</TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=33% VALIGN=TOP><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=1>";$count = 0;foreach $mod2(@mod2){	chomp $mod2;	$count++;	if ($count <= $third){			print qq~<TR><TD>${font}$mod2</TD></TR>~;	}}print qq~</TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE><P><HR COLOR="#BF0425" SIZE=1><P>${font}The latest version of <B><FONT FACE="Courier New, mono">$program</FONT></B> can always be found on <A HREF="http://www.scriptsolutions.com/programs/free/perldiver/" TARGET="_blank">${dev}'s web site</A>.<P><FONT SIZE=1>$font&copy; 1999, <A HREF="http://www.scriptsolutions.com/" TARGET="_blank">ScriptSolutions&#8482;</A>, a <A HREF="http://www.tintagel.net/" TARGET="_blank">Tintagel</A> project.<P><TABLE WIDTH=100% BGCOLOR=#FDB900 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0 BACKGROUND="http://www.scriptsolutions.com/images/top.GIF"><TR><TH ALIGN=RIGHT>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE></BODY></HTML>~;exit;sub vars {$dev="ScriptSolutions&#8482;";use File::Find;$bgcolor = "GHOSTWHITE";$program="perl diver";$version="1.1";}sub wanted {	$count = 0;	if ($File::Find::name =~ /\.pm$/){		open(MODFILE,$File::Find::name) || return;		while(<MODFILE>){			if (/^ *package +(\S+);/){				push (@foundmods, $1);				last;			}		} 	}}

Upload that change perms to 755 and run it in the browser.

This should give u all other info you need. (assuming /usr/bin/perl is your path of course)

.logic.

28-01-2002 3:51pm

logic, u never cease to amaze me.

Baz_ · 28-01-2002 3:52pm

your guess on the perl is right, and as for whether there should be a cgi-bin folder already the answer is I think so.

not completely sure, sorry, just go to the website folder, and check (ie. one directory up from the actual html files)

who are you hosted with? that will help in checking if you have cgi access or not. If it is your own box, that you are running the server from, then basically the question becomes do you have permission to run programs on your own machine, and the answer to that is obviously yes. If you are being hosted elsewhere, check the conditions, options, and terms, should be there somewhere.

Baz_ · 28-01-2002 3:56pm

wow, the amount of replies you get if you whore some from irc amazing

28-01-2002 3:57pm

Im hosted on a friends box you see, I can do pretty much anything i like in my home area, but have very little access anywhere else.

as you can see, no mention of a cgi-bin:

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Logic: my website has runout and so has my credit card, I cant do what you said till this weekend

28-01-2002 4:13pm

Do what u know, thats what my mother always said

peterd · 28-01-2002 5:19pm

If you have *practically* your own box, why wouldn't you go with something like a php+mysql combo board ? An excellent one is: www.phpbb.com it's really fast and won't drain any server as much as a .cgi driven one. I believe phpbb2 is now in the making.

logic, why would you chmod a php file ? and then to go one step further and say 777 ? You don't need to give php files permission to execute. That said, fair play to ya for the helpful reply!

wtf? with all the blah blah cgi clah blah perl boards

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