Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 16:31:37 EST From: "Jon ." <los_alamos@hotmail.com> To: spmncmb@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP! Message-ID: <20000313213137.68078.qmail@hotmail.com>
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>Hi there, > >I am trying to install a script onto my homepage and I do not understand >some of the instructions so I have enclosed them as a file for your perusal >and hopefully you might be able to help me. > >My questions are in red. > >Thanks, >SPM Hi, ok, let's see...you will need a shell account on the server you are placing the scripts in so that you can chmod them. an FTP account will work as well, if you can access /cgi-bin/ from your ftp account. chmod is a program that changes the mode of the file so that it can be executed, read, etc. 755 is just the argument to the chmod command, so you would type chmod 755 yourscript. the next part you were having probs with, the mail program...you'll need to contact your sysadmin and find out what mail program you are using, it's probably sendmail give /usr/sbin/sendmail a try. the last part with #!/usr/bin/perl is the path of the perl executable, which interprets CGI scripts. correct me if i'm wrong on any of this, anyone. jon ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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