Tried that just now Doug - same file comes up every time - an Xoasis page.

I loaded the two above mentioned files first into the cgi-bin folder and tried accessing the files via the web browser, then tried putting them into the ubbcgi folder inside the cgi-bin folder, which is where they are now:
http://www.snoooz.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/hello.cgi

Let me know what you come up with!!

Jonathan

There is definitely something unique to xoasis setup or how the cgi-bin is working. From what I'm seeing I think they have mapped page not found errors (404's) to redirect to their main page instead of displaying a 404 error. I know if you now try joodl_e's cp.html address above it redirects to the xoasis homepage. I think he/she has removed their UBB files and so instead of a file not found error it redirects to xoasis' main page.

You'll definitely need to talk to them about running scripts to see if there is anything special to do. One thing to check is if they use cgiwrap, thus calling a file from your cgi-bin would be typed as follows:
http//www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/yourusername/thescript.cgi

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Doug
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jstubbs:

I deleted my ubb at xoasis.com and continued to http://www.netfirms.com/ which is much better than xoasis!
I set up my ubb at this place and it worked well in the first try. nice. Netfirms is fast, has ftp, it seems to be very reliable and they have a very good explanation for the cgi-bin.

Thanks for your nice words about Copenhagen but you should try out Helsinki (finland).

[This message has been edited by joodl_e (edited 11-07-2000).]

Thanks to Doug and Joodl_e for the tips. It definitely appears to be an Xoasis thing.

I think I'll hold off trying to install UBB until I change my hosting service. Xoasis I think are unlikely to answer my email to them about installing cgi-scripts, and as I live in Singapore, and Xoasis is a free service, I think it would be a waste of time contacting them by phone!

Any ideas on good web hosters? (I'll check out the other board on this topic)

Jonathan