FFAL script error

I recently acquired the FFAL scirpt from proxy2.de, and I'm having
a slight installation problem. In other words, it don't work...

I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error, namely,
<root@38-234.myhost.com>

I believe this is the bad doggy in the setup,
$base_dir = "/home/usr/you/links" where
this refers to "Base directory to link files fom the server root."

I've tried several options for the you variable and also
different options for the /home/ variable.

The path to perl is fine, chmod fine, server perl is 5.0+, but I
believe the server is banging its head on this line of code.

I'd hate to bother my server adminstrator with my script problems,
and I'd rather not chunk a good scritpt. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Regards,
ikbin9

ikbin9 wrote:I recently acquired the FFAL scirpt from proxy2.de, and I'm having
a slight installation problem. In other words, it don't work...

I'm getting a 500 Internal Server Error, namely,
<root@38-234.myhost.com>

I believe this is the bad doggy in the setup,
$base_dir = "/home/usr/you/links" where
this refers to "Base directory to link files fom the server root."

I've tried several options for the you variable and also
different options for the /home/ variable.

The path to perl is fine, chmod fine, server perl is 5.0+, but I
believe the server is banging its head on this line of code.

I'd hate to bother my server adminstrator with my script problems,
and I'd rather not chunk a good scritpt. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

Regards,
ikbin9

No, it's not a script error - the base directory is basically the same as the DOCUMENT_ROOT

Each webserver has this set up based on their own needs. Like one server setup may have a document root that looks something like

while another site on another server may look like

Then to add the directory for the links i.e.
for the entire base_dir

Do you know what your particular website's document_root is? If you don't know, I can give you a little cgi script you might be able to run from your cgi-bin to find the basic document root for your site.

If they are getting a PHP error then the path to th document would be included in the report.

Carbonize wrote:If they are getting a PHP error then the path to th document would be included in the report.

Its a 500 Internal Server error, so its not PHP then.
Could be the path though...

Are there any other pathes to set?

I would like to thank the extra terrestrial for his helpful
reply. Also include Carbonize in my kudos for his
response.

I'll check with my server administrator for the command
string $base_dir="". ET confirmed the problem.

To ET, I'll repost if I need an additional CGI.

In any event, this thread expires in less than 12 hours.

Best Regards,
ikbin9

Carbonize wrote:If they are getting a PHP error then the path to th document would be included in the report.

FFA Links is a perl script - not sure how a perl script would become a php error???? Let's not confuse the poor bloke more....

ikbin9 wrote:I'll check with my server administrator for the command
string $base_dir="". ET confirmed the problem.

Sounds like a good idea. They should know what it is. Be certain to tell them that you are looking for "document root" and not "Base Directory" - since they will really get confused.... And I wish you all the best.