Win98 ,PWS, Perl (execute) No Permissions 1

[kennedymr2]

I am running windows98 (se), Personal Web Server, and perl (active state), have done the registry thing eg .pl c:\perl\perl.exe %s %s

When i run a perl script eg

http://localhost/cgi-bin/test.pl

I get a message indicating that the server is unable to run the script , as i do not have execute permissions.

In windows98, i have set up as shared, and given this directory shared and web share,all the options including execute

In PWS, i have also done the same., i believe.

Would really appreciate any advice as to why i am having the problem., i have spent a lot of time, and seem to be getting nowhere !!@!@

Does win98 and pws, run perl scripts ????

Has anyone any idea why i have the problem

 

[rab54]

Does the script run ok from the cmd line ?

 

[PaulTEG]

as rab suggests, from the directory the script resides

perl -c myscript.pl  #check the syntax of the script
perl myscript.pl

Execute permissions on 98se, that's news to me, I wasn't aware that there were execute permissions on Win98 se or otherwise.

Xitami, is a nice lightweight webserver, and I've had no problems using it on 98, NT, 2K, XP

http://www.xitami.com

HTH
--Paul

It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ... smack the fecker

 

[kennedymr2]

My scrips do run ok from the command line.
Thanks for the advice re lightweight server, have proceeded
on this course, and all is working now.
Appreciate the advice.

regards kennedymr2

 

[PaulTEG]

welcome back anytime
--Pax

It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ... smack the fecker