[krsd]

I keep getting the following error when I try to run the script:

It looks like there was an error:
Your script produced this error: (Maybe you didn't strip carriage returns after a network transfer?)

I have checked the finle and don't see any problems there, and have reposted it several times. The error still comes up.

[DocJohn]

Have you uploaded other scripts to your server and run them without trouble?

[krsd]

Actually this was my first attempt, as I am new to perl and CGI.
The page is on tripod:
http://knightshadowdancer.tripod.com/
and I am pretty much trying to just stick with the default locations for things to try to keep them simple. I will look it over again tomorrow after I get done teaching though.

[splash]

hi krsd,
did you transfer/upload the files in ASCII (text) mode?

splash

[krsd]

Thanks! That was it! Well, in part anyhow. I had my transfer set to auto, and it wasn't recognizing the cgi file types.

It looks like the script is executing now, but I am still getting an error:

CGI ERROR
==========================================
Error Message : unable to open directory in auth_cleanup: /cgi-bin/oj/ojauth. Reason: No such file or directory
Perl Version : 5.00404
Setup File : default.cfg

Form Variables
-------------------------------------------
pw :
userid :

Environment Variables
-------------------------------------------
CONTENT_LENGTH :
GATEWAY_INTERFACE : CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT : image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/pdf, */*
HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET :
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: gzip, deflate
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en-us
HTTP_CONNECTION :
HTTP_COOKIE : CookieStatus=COOKIE_OK; MEMBER_PAGE=knightshadowdancer/html/mythoughts2.html; REFERRER=(null)
HTTP_HOST : bos-cgi-int.tripod.com
HTTP_PRAGMA :
HTTP_USER_AGENT : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)
QUERY_STRING :
REMOTE_ADDR : 10.10.17.199
REMOTE_HOST :
REMOTE_USER :
REQUEST_METHOD : GET
REQUEST_URI : /knightshadowdancer/cgi-bin/oj.cgi
SCRIPT_NAME : /knightshadowdancer/cgi-bin/oj.cgi
SERVER_ADMIN : ops@tripod.com
SERVER_NAME : cgi.tripod.com
SERVER_PORT : 80
SERVER_PROTOCOL : HTTP/1.0
TZ : US/Eastern

I've set the permissions for all the files and directories to 777, and still get the error. Does the file have to be there for the script to work? I thought it would generate it, but obviously it is having a problem there.

Also, how do I use the script? Do I just go to the cgi file in the browser, or do I access it through a form? I know normally cgi is called from the form, but since this one has templates and seems to do a lot of stuff on its own... I am left wondering.

[splash]

hey! how's it going?

i'm not familiar enough with these scripts to offer specific feedback, but i did come across a couple other threads that had the same error message:

http://forums.grohol.com/showthreade...=&vc=1#Post539

http://forums.grohol.com/showthreade...=&vc=1#Post468

best wishes,

splash