Real CGI .. not 403 Forbidden

**EpidemiK** · July 12th, 2002, 12:06

Ive tried every free CGI host .. prohosting, netfirms, etc. non of the cgibins work. i upload the scripts and then try to access em and i get a 403 Forbiden error .. yes i didnt CHmod em right ... the only host i know that has a real cgibin is Hypermart, but they ask u for credit card and i dont wanna give em that info .. any help?

**satine** · July 12th, 2002, 16:18

Prohosting works fine for me...I haven't tried Netfirms so I can't verify for that, but prohosting was pretty easy for me to run my scripts on.
What FTP client are you using to CHMOD the files?
This might seem like a very silly question, but on Prohosting, did you CHMOD all the files to 755? Because regardless of what the directions for the script say, you have to change them all to 755 on prohosting.
Hope I helped and that I'm not just talking rubbish as usual

**soundcheck** · July 12th, 2002, 16:30

27meg.com has CGI, dont kno if it works cause i never tried.

**zz4** · July 14th, 2002, 08:10

All my scripts on ProHosting quit working several months ago. In particular those using NET::FTP and LWP modules.

Any help-support from there? I have yet to find any.

I'm not the only one..some have suggested its the javascript in their ads..

Otherwise not unusual to pull the cgi ability for the FREE.

The only thing I have there still working are 'file manager' scripts.....

**zz4** · July 14th, 2002, 08:14

NetFirms has limited modules.

I have file manager scripts working there but have to be in cgi-bin.

Oddly some scripts just disappear from your site....bugs or netfirms police..don't know.....

**satine** · July 14th, 2002, 09:13

Originally posted by zz4

some have suggested its the javascript in their ads..

That is highly probable. From my experience, the ads do have a tendency to mess everything up...wouldn't be at all surprising if they make some scripts cease working entirely.

**the elf** · July 14th, 2002, 10:09

Originally posted by EpidemiK
Ive tried every free CGI host .. prohosting, netfirms, etc. non of the cgibins work. i upload the scripts and then try to access em and i get a 403 Forbiden error .. yes i didnt CHmod em right ... the only host i know that has a real cgibin is Hypermart, but they ask u for credit card and i dont wanna give em that info .. any help?

And how much disk space & data transfer are you looking for?

**EpidemiK** · July 14th, 2002, 10:44

Originally posted by the elf

And how much disk space & data transfer are you looking for?

Probably around 3-5 megs, since its only for a couple of scripts .. like antileech, click count, etc. and wont need that much bandwidth either, ill be surprised if it ever reached 400 megs ..

**the elf** · July 14th, 2002, 10:52

Originally posted by EpidemiK

Probably around 3-5 megs, since its only for a couple of scripts .. like antileech, click count, etc. and wont need that much bandwidth either, ill be surprised if it ever reached 400 megs ..

And that's for your actual/whole site?? Not just a/the "cgi" part??

**EpidemiK** · July 14th, 2002, 14:16

Originally posted by the elf

And that's for your actual/whole site?? Not just a/the "cgi" part??

of course not ... no good site is only 3-5 megs ... but no sorry im not interested in getting hosted by u because i already have a good host, sensiblehost.net for free

**the elf** · July 14th, 2002, 14:47

Originally posted by EpidemiK

of course not ... no good site is only 3-5 megs ... but no sorry im not interested in getting hosted by u because i already have a good host, sensiblehost.net for free

Well, there are no more accounts anyway (gave the last three away yesterday, I'm just too lazy to update the site). I was just asking, that's all

**Muttle.com** · July 14th, 2002, 23:24

Just remember not to take cgi-enabled hosts for granted, they have to work extra hard to provide you with server side scripting and prevent your scripts from harming other's sites and vice versa.

So in other words, give them a break and don't put while("" eq "") into any of your scripts