Help No Cgi Bin Listed In My Website

[terrymac]

Hi!

I'm new to Powweb. I just signed up two days ago. I think their service is great except I wish they had 24hour telephone support service. Any, how come, I don't see a CGI bin on my website?

Terry Maccarone

[SimCoWeb]

That's an excellent question. How and where are you looking for it? You should be using an FTP program to access the server and should see a directory tree something like this:

/cgi-bin
/etc
/htdocs
/logs


If you aren't seeing this on your server when you log in via FTP then something is definitely goofy. You'll need to contact tech support asap.

[terrymac]

Actually!

I have several problems with my site:

1. Unable to access my site using an FTP program (Cute FTP);
2. Unable to access the Membership control panel to administer my site;
3. Unable to locate a cgi-bin

Someone help me please?

Terry Maccarone

[SimCoWeb]

Terry:

Send me your PowWeb hosting confirmation email. The one with the log in info and path statements. You can send it to my personal address at simlead@simcoweb.com

And i'll see what I can figure out and get back to you.

[Vern]

I had to create a cgi-bin folder in mine.

cgi path is /www/y/yoursite/cgi-bin
or /www/m/mysite/cgi-bin

If you have a user name is longer than 12 letters, it cuts the rest off as in homeemployment would be homeemployme

[metalmike]

Make sure to set the permissions to 755 with your ftp program as well. It doesn't have to be called cgi-bin if you don't want it to be named that. Just make sure the html code points to the proper directory. I set up ikonboard in a different directory and got it working after about 3-4 days of fudging with it. I also am running an addlink script for extreme metal sites from my link icon on my site.