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"Software Error" when running ubb6-test.cgi #143213 07/05/2001 5:56 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered	I'm trying to install the demo version of UBB6. I've followed the directions including setting all permissions and such. But when I try to run ubb6-test.cgi I get the following error: Quote Software error: 'criptDir' is not a valid variable name at /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/ubb6_test.cgi line 67 For help, please send mail to the webmaster ([email protected]), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. Content-type: text/html Software error: [Thu Jul 5 14:41:50 2001] vars.pm: 'criptDir' is not a valid variable name at /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/ubb6_test.cgi line 67 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/ubb6_test.cgi line 67. For help, please send mail to the webmaster ([email protected]), giving this error message and the time and date of the error. FYI, the permissions on that file and the cgi directory are as follows: Quote drwxrwxr-x 54 root admin 1792 Jul 5 14:41 . -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 25011 Jul 5 14:41 ubb6_test.cgi The only thing I changed in the ubb6-test.cgi file itself is the perl path, which on my machine is: Quote #!/usr/bin/perl Please help! Thanks, Jeff ps. the url to my control panel is: cp.cgi The only thing non-standard about my installation is that I'm using VirtualHost in Apache, but I don't think that is causing the problem.

Re: "Software Error" when running ubb6-test.cgi #143214 07/06/2001 1:16 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered	It seems to me that perl is failing somewhere. I'm running Mac OS X 10.0.4. I initially added the T switch to my perl path, taking a que from the printenv and test-cgi scripts that were in my CGI-EXECUTABLES directory by default. This didn't work and I (randomly) changed the switch to "s" and suddenly it worked. Then I had to reinstall the ubb demo (I deleted it before installing my licensed copy) and now I can't get it to work again. no flag, T or s, nothing works. Any ideas? Please help, otherwise I just wasted $200. I've tried installing the full version from scratch too but get the same problem. At least I know the demo worked at one point. jeff

Re: "Software Error" when running ubb6-test.cgi #143215 07/06/2001 1:23 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered	my other scripts run fine using: #!/usr/bin/perl with or without any switches. so maybe it's my permissions: Quote stys [/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables] % ls -al ./ total 880 drwxrwxr-x 57 root admin 1894 Jul 5 22:11 ./ drwxrwxr-x 5 root admin 126 Mar 27 09:29 ../ -rw-rw-rw- 1 jstys admin 6148 Jul 5 21:37 .DS_Store drwxrwxrwx 4 root admin 264 Jul 5 14:37 Members/ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 12848 Jul 5 22:10 cp.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 363 Jul 5 14:34 cp_announce.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 594 Jul 5 14:34 cp_bans.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 244 Jul 5 14:34 cp_cache.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 911 Jul 5 14:34 cp_email.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8781 Jul 5 14:34 cp_forums.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1206 Jul 5 14:34 cp_index.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 20581 Jul 5 14:34 cp_lib.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1004 Jul 5 14:34 cp_prune.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 2553 Jul 5 14:34 cp_styles.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11934 Jul 5 14:34 cp_users.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 1166 Jul 5 14:34 cp_wordlets.cgi* -rw-r--r-- 1 jstys admin 3662 Jul 5 22:11 file -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 222 Jul 5 22:10 hello.cgi* -rw-rw-r-x 1 root admin 5398 Jun 29 18:15 printenv* -rw-rw-r-x 1 root admin 757 Jun 29 18:15 test-cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 25065 Jul 5 22:11 ubb6_test.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 10210 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_edit_post.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 9789 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_forum.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 6734 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_forum_summary.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 3661 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_get_topic.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 20560 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 2758 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib_2.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 2971 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib_misc.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 22111 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib_posting.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 6445 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_lib_time.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 8345 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_new_reply.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 7412 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_new_topic.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 13978 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_profile.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 7846 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_registration.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 3070 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_search.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 16353 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_setup.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 3660 Jul 5 14:34 ubb_topic_maint.cgi* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 10179 Jul 5 22:10 ultimatebb.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 63 Jul 5 14:36 vars_config.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 896 Jul 5 14:36 vars_display.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 132 Jul 5 14:36 vars_email.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 963 Jul 5 14:36 vars_forums.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 554 Jul 5 14:36 vars_misc.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 6 Jul 5 14:36 vars_mods.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 76 Jul 5 14:36 vars_pm.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 2804 Jul 5 14:36 vars_registration.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 106 Jul 5 14:36 vars_search.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 2132 Jul 5 14:36 vars_style_1.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 14 Jul 5 14:36 vars_style_sets.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 350 Jul 5 14:36 vars_template_match.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 122 Jul 5 14:36 vars_time.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 16147 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 2045 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_cp.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 610 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_date.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 15757 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_email.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 11209 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_err.cgi* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 824 Jul 5 14:36 vars_wordlets_img.cgi* What am i doing wrong??

Re: "Software Error" when running ubb6-test.cgi #143216 07/06/2001 1:24 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered	You should also have a nonCGI directory set to 777 with the Templates sub-directory and contents in it. There should be a Modules sub-directory in the cgi directory. (full version) Run hello.cgi from your browser. The file is in the help directory. Copy and paste the output in a post here. Also, post the exact URL to your cp.cgi. Something very weird is happening and I suspect it is the server. Be sure you uploaded all files except the graphics in ascii (text) mode. If you unzipped on the server, use the -a switch (unzip -a filename.zip) or whatever is equivalent on the Mac OS to preserve text files.

Re: "Software Error" when running ubb6-test.cgi #143217 07/06/2001 2:37 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered	hello.cgi output: Quote Hello world from PERL 5.006 .cgi scripts are mapped to Perl. I've added the ubb directory. I previously had that in the directory with my webpages. Misunderstood the wording of the directions I guess. The exact url to cp.cgi is the following: http://www.astro-photos.com/cgi-bin/cp.cgi

Re: "Software Error" when running ubb6-test.cgi #143218 07/06/2001 11:27 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered	I suggest you fill out a trouble ticket so Infopop techs can look at yhour site. That is one strange error message. The script is not being read properly. Are you sure you used ascii (text) mode and that all of the files in the zip distribution (except the help files) have been uploaded?

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