Can't Figure out my absolute paths. I keep getting the error:
Unable to make new forum directory
Error: No such file or directory
Please check the path to the NonCGI directory in the control panel.

Also check the directory permissions again.

Can anyone help?

Here is my cp - http://man5on.netfirms.com/ubb/cp.html

Thanks

I have set your paths and URLs. There were errors in the path and URL for the nonCGI directory. Proceed with your setup using the default user/pw from step 12. Pay special attention to steps 16 and 17 to setup a new admin.

I've got one more problem. When I goto the setup, http://man5on.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/UltBB.setup , I get an HTTP 500 Internal server error even though I uploaded it in ASCII. Anyone know what's wrong?

btw thanks Hal

That is not a script. It is a data file and should not be accessible from the web. You configure it from the control panel. It contains the General Settings data.

GRR.. I went back and clicked general setting again and it told me to put the absolute paths again. It looked right to me but it said the same error as before.

I have set your paths and URL again. Please note them and do not change them. The default path for the nonCGI directory is not picked up correctly. The correct path is:

/home/d01/sec/s05/a00025n6/www/ubb

Note the www.

Are you still changing things? I went back and got some internal server errors. Be sure the perl paths are correct and all files were uploaded in ascii mode except the graphics.

Added by edit: It seems okay again, now. Complete the setup but do not change the paths or the first two URLs.

Here is a trick that might help you figuring out the CGIPath:

Copy the following code, save it as 'cgipath.cgi', upload it to the ubbcgi directory, chmod to 755 and run it from the browser.
[CODE]#!/usr/bin/perl -w
##########################
# Figuring out CGIPath
##########################

use strict;
use CGI qw(:standard);
my $ThisScript = 'cgipath.cgi';

my $CGIPath = $ENV{SCRIPT_FILENAME};
$CGIPath =~ s//$ThisScript$//;

print header, start_html(-title=>'CGI Path'), h3('The Absolute CGI Path for the ubbcgi directory is:'), br, h3("$CGIPath"), end_html;[/CODE]Regards

Thanks, Bond, but the problem is that Netfirms has a little quirk in the setting of the nonCGI path. The environment link in General Settings does a good job of picking up CGI and Members, but often misses the nonCGI path. He is all set if he doesn't change the paths again.