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FFAL script error

Anonymous — GMT

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,

Re: FFAL script error

ET — GMT

[quote="ikbin9"]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,

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

I've tried several options for the [b]you[/b] 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[/quote]

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
[code]/home/virt/site298/fst/var/www/html[/code]
while another site on another server may look like
[code]/home/mysiteid/public_html[/code]

Then to add the directory for the links i.e. [code]/home/virt/site298/fst/var/www/html/links
OR
/home/mysiteid/public_html/links[/code]
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.

Carbonize — GMT

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

Auron — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]If they are getting a PHP error then the path to th document would be included in the report.[/quote]

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

Are there any other pathes to set?

Thank you.

Anonymous — GMT

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 [b]$base_dir=""[/b]. 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

ET — GMT

[quote="Carbonize"]If they are getting a PHP error then the path to th document would be included in the report.[/quote]
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....

[quote="ikbin9"]I'll check with my server administrator for the command
string $base_dir="". ET confirmed the problem. [/quote]
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.