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jwardell
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 Posted - 26 February 2001 : 20:33:04
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I just uploaded the forum to my server, took a bit of a guess on the config, and to my luck it worked.
However, none of the images load.
All the images are in the same /cgi-bin/forum/ directory as the rest of the files, and the source seems to refer to them correctly. So I think it's some permissions issue? However in ftp they are set to full permissions.
Perhaps my server doesn't allow some kind of read permissions in the cgi-bin directory. Would it be possible to move the images elsewhere on the server? How would I change the config to refer to them?
If you have time please take a look: http://www.jwardell.com/cgi-bin/forum/
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 27 February 2001 : 00:20:20
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Yep, you are right. It's a permission problem. The folder is set to Execute/Scripts, but not Read Access. So it will execute the asp files but won't read the image files.
Why don't you move your forum out of the cgi-bin folder? Don't you have a www or a documents folder where you keep your website files in?
If you want to move your folders out of the cgi-bin folder and to another part of your site, there are a lot of files you're gonna have to edit to reflect those changes, as it is not something you can just change in the admin options or the config files.
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jwardell
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Posted - 27 February 2001 : 01:30:16
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| But isn't that the point of the cgi-bin folder, to for executable files like the forum? Do you mean move ALL the forum files out, or just certain files? Unfortunately my server is a virtual host, not a machine I run myself, so I can only manage via ftp and take what they give me, I don't know if that poses other limitations. |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 27 February 2001 : 12:50:44
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Not at all. You don't have to put the forum into your cgi-bin folder. It can be run and should be able to run in your default www folder or whatever folder you have for your website.
Your default folder should have Read and Script access. While the cgi-bin have Execute and Script access.
If it doesn't work outside of your cgi-bin, talk to your server admin. Because from there FAQ, they do support ASP.
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jwardell
Starting Member
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Posted - 28 February 2001 : 00:56:36
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I uploaded the forum to:
http://www.jwardell.com/forum/
and now it gives the error:
Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'
Operation must use an updateable query.
/forum/inc_functions.asp, line 644
Can you tell what's wrong now?
Thanks for the help..I've never really dealt with asp or cgi or anything before. |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
12217 Posts |
Posted - 28 February 2001 : 18:06:15
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It means that the directory containing your db does not have the correct security permissions. You need to add the IUSR_DOMAIN account to the list of allowed users, and give them read & write acces to the directory and db.
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jwardell
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Posted - 28 February 2001 : 22:52:51
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I have no idea how to go about doing that...I assume I can't as it's at an isp, not my own machine. :(
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
12217 Posts |
Posted - 01 March 2001 : 08:07:11
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You can't do it, but you should ask your server admin to do it for you. Explain to him that you are setting up a forum on your site that uses a DSN-less connection to a database and that in order for it to work, they need to set Read/Write permissions on the database and Read/Write permissions for the anonymous user account (IUSR_DOMAIN).
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jwardell
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Posted - 01 March 2001 : 22:55:58
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Thanks for all the help. I sent a note into tech support, let's hope they can do it.
BTW I am really hoping I can get these forums running. I was looking for something similiar to UBB but not $600 and I seem to have come across it. From what I've seen so far this may just be the best forum software out there! Great job guys. I can only hope I can get it running on my server.
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jwardell
Starting Member
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Posted - 12 March 2001 : 14:28:07
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I think I finally got it all working, my host took a while to enable write access. If anyone has time can they stop by and check things out, see if I haven't forgotten anything? Is something in a bad place where someone can get to passwords etc? Thanks.
http://www.jwardell.com/forum/
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