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CGI
CGI scripts are programs running on the webserver that can be used in a webpage. CGI scripts can do many things that just are
not possible with plain HTML. CGI Stands for "Common Gateway Interface". CGI scripts must be saved in ASCII format and uploaded to your account in ASCII or text format.
Your account has a cgi-bin which is a subdirectory of the www directory, but we have configured the server to allow cgi scripts to run in other directories as well. We do not provide
Technical Support for CGI scripts.
Paths to Date, Mail, Perl, etc.
Setting File Permissions
Permissions can be changed from your ftp client. You can also change your permissions by going into your Control Panel and
clicking on File Manager and you will see the permissions setting next to each directory/file, just click on the permission you want to set and a set of boxes will appear.
People:
u = the file's user (you)
g = the file's group
o = others
a = the user, the group, and others
Permissions:
r = read access
x = execute access
w = write access
Some scripts will tell you to chmod 755 (for example).
When using the numeric system, the code for permissions is as follows:
r = 4 w = 2 x = 1 rwx = 7
The first 7 of our chmod 755 tells Unix to change the user's permissions to
rxw (because r=4 + w=2 + x=1 adds up to 7. The 5 applies to the group, and the last
number 5, refers to others (4+1=5).
Remember: the first 3 apply to user, the second 3 apply to group, and the third 3 apply to others.
Fetch
If you have Fetch for the Mac, you have an easy way to change permissions. Go to the file you want to change the permissions
on, and highlight it. Under the Remote menu, select Change Permissions. A window will pop up showing the current permissions for the file you had highlighted. Click on the boxes to
change permissions as needed.
WS FTP
In WS_FTP, highlight the file you want to check, and right-click on it. A menu will pop up, then select CHMOD.
More Info
Matt's Script Archive is at http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/
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