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hi there,

i'm new to the forum and i'm in desperate need of help. I installed everything correclty through FTP and when i go to the control panel, it asks me for my info, so i enter it, but when i click on "configure your ubb! now", i get this error message.


Software error:
Unable to open vars_config.cgi file for writing. at D:servercacgi-binubbcgi/ubb_setup.cgi line 135.
For help, please send mail to this site's webmaster, giving this error message and the time and date of the error.


can anyone help ?

thanks

try entering your paths with / vs
I.E.:
D:/server/ca/cgi-bin/ubbcgi

hi,
thanks for the reply,

i used "/" for all of them, still no luck.

anyting else?

ok, next check would be permissions: the IUSR_ (browser) account will need to have permission to read, write, execute, delete on the vars_*.cgi files. check that the vars files have those permissions, (you will need your hosts help) and let us know how it goes. <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

hi there,

when i go to "cuteftp", and right click vars_... its at 666. meaning its read, and write for all of them. Do i need to check execute? I've tried it and cliked applied, but it doesn't work. it just goes back to unchecked wen i check again.

thanks

because you're running on an NT machine, you need to change permission *on* the server: you won't be able to do this via FTP. further, the permissions Cute is showing you are likely incorrect anyway... you'll need to contact your host, or systems administrator, and ask for help on these permissions. <img src="https://www.ubbcentral.com/boards/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />