getting cgi running on linux server

[Sarah Reichelt]

On 3/15/07, Robert Mann <robmann at gp-racing.com> wrote:
> I am trying to get cgi's working on my web server
>
> I created the hello.cgi from Jacque's article using metapad which allows me
> to set the correct line endings for unix.
>
> Jacque sent me a link to download the linux engine I then used winzip to
> extract I only got one file so I tried powerarchiver and that also gave me
> one file should I be getting more than one file from the
> <http://downloads.runrev.com/revolution/distributions/2.5.1/linux.tgz>
>
> I put this file in the cgi-bin changed the permissions but I still get a 500
> error
>
> I am working on a windows xp machine locally

To add to Björnke's excellent advice, the engines that work with CGI
use the old stack file format, so make sure you save your cgi stacks
using the legacy save option.

Cheers,
Sarah