-rwxr-xr-x

Permissions are always broken up into three groups of letters, however if there is a dash, this dash simply means that Permission wasn't given for that particular function, for example in the chmod 775, Permission to Write was not given to Others.

Remember: the first 3 letters always apply to Owner, the second 3 apply to Group, and the third 3 apply to Others

You can do a small test on your cgi-bin. Please see below steps. 

1) Create test.pl file in notepad or any text editor with the following code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
print "Cgi-bin and perl test ";

2) upload script to cgi-bin folder in the ASCII mode

3) Set test.pl permissions to 755

4) Type http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/test.pl  to test the script.

If you can see the message "Cgi-bin and perl test" then your cgi-bin and perl scripts are working fine on your domain.

You need to check your scripts, permissions and upload mode. All these are very important to run successful scripts.

If you are still getting errors open a helpdesk ticket specificifying the error, along with your logins, to troubleshoot.

1. Download this zip file that has all the following files

bnbform.zip

          
2. Use the program Notepad to open bnbform.cgi script and make sure
it says: #!/usr/bin/perl on the first line.

3. Make sure this line $SMTP_SERVER = "localhost" is disabled by placing a "#" in front of it.

4. Make sure this line $SEND_MAIL="/user/sbin/sendmail -t" is enabled
by removing a "#" in front of it.

5. Save the file with notepad and keep the same extension (cgi).

6. Open mymessage.baut and fill in the body of your auto response
message. Save the file with the same extension.

7. Upload the files bnbform.cgi and mymessage.baut to your cgi-bin
folder in ASCII mode and make sure you set the permission on
bnbform.cgi to 755.

8. Open bnbform.htm and go down to <!-- SCRIPT
CONFIGURATION SECTION -->.

9. Change the "submit to" value, to
"youremailaddress@yourdomainname.com".

10. Change the form_id value to the subject name of the email that
will be sent to you when someone clicks "submit" on the form.

11. Change the ok_url value to the web location of thanks.htm.

12. Change the not_ok_url value to the web location of oops.htm.

13. Customize the bnbform.htm to fit your website.

14. Save bnbform.htm and keep the same extension.

15. Customize the thanks.htm and oops.htm to fit your website and
save them as well.

16. Upload the other files bnbform.htm, oops.htm, and thanks.htm to
your web page directory but not in cgi-bin folder.

17. Now the Bnbform is ready to use!

If you have any problems in configuration, please open a helpdesk ticket.

1) You need to upload your script to the "cgi-bin" directory.

2) Make sure you upload them in ASCII mode.

3) Change permissions to 755 for the script (chmod 755 ).

Then you can access your script via http://www.yourname.com/cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi

Note: You can't run CGI or PERL scripts when your domain is under propagation.

Shell, SSH, Telnet Scripts and Shell, SSH, Telnet Alternatives. 
Any script that uses & processes a massive number of flatfiles or large flatfile databases

Scripts that need to be executable should have their permission set with chmod 755. This sets the file's permissions so that the file's owner may read, write, and execute the file; and anyone else can only read and execute it.

Server Side Includes (SSI)

When using a UNIX/LINUX system it is sometimes necessary to enable certain HTML files executable for the purpose of using SSI. Server Side Includes are often used to run a cgi script. An include is called with an example such as this: After you insert your include, you must mark the HTML file as executable so the server will parse the file. This is done using the two options below: 

1) Renaming the file to .shtml On our server any file named .shtml will be parsed. So instead of having an index.html file, you would name it index.shtml. This is the easiest way of enabling includes.

2) CHMODing the file to 777: With CHMOD 777 you can also mark a file as executable. It is important to only make the files which you want parsed, executable. This poses certain security issues as well as a strain on our resources, as the processor has to work harder to parse a file.

Reasons for Using SSI
SSI is often used to include something into an HTML page. You can insert the contents of one HTML page into another page. An example of a practical usage for this would be to include your e-mail address at the bottom of each page. If you do this as an include, then, when your e-mail address changes, you will only have to update it on one page and not your entire web site. Another usage is to call cgi scripts into action. Many counters, clocks, and other scripts are called using SSI. The command used will most likely be provided in the documentation of your cgi script.

The following server resource paths are applicable to only CPanel customers.

Perl path ( version 5.006001 ) : /usr/bin/perl

Absolute path for your html files/scripts: /home/username/public_html/

Absolute path for your cgi-bin :  /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/

Sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail

Date: /bin/date

Java: /usr/bin/java

Whois: /usr/bin/whois

Python: Python: /usr/bin/python

You can find "cgi-bin" folder in the "public_html" folder.

Bnbform.cgi is very easy to setup and more secure than other scripts. Install bnbform.cgi on your site as per installation instructions. We also highly recommend http://www.tectite.com/formmailpage.php

Perl version 5.006001: /usr/bin/perl
Absolute path for your files/scripts: /home/username/public_html/
Absolute cgi-bin path: /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/
Sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
Date: /bin/date
Java: /usr/bin/java
Whois: /usr/bin/whois
Python: Python: /usr/bin/python

Other most common reasons are:

• Wrong sysntax in your cgi script
• Wrong file permission, chmod 777 world read, write execute is most common error. Try chmod to 755
• Wrong File path. See correct format above.
• Cgi Script was not uploaded in ASCII mode.