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--- eg-259:practicals:3 [2012/03/14 10:32] – [Trouble Shooting] eechris
+++ eg-259:practicals:3 [2012/03/14 10:34] (current) – [Trouble Shooting] eechris
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 ===== Trouble Shooting =====
-If any of the demos fails, the most likely reason will be file permissions. Check that the resource ''$SERVER_ROOT/cgi-bin/echo_params.cgi'' is executable by the web server and also that the "hash-bang" line is correctly set to the full path of your installed Perl interpreter. The example PHP scripts with ''beer.php'' and ''echo_params.php'' need only to be readable by the web server.
+If any of the demos fails, the most likely reason will be file permissions. Check that the resource ''$CGI_BIN/echo_params.cgi'' is executable by the web server and also that the "hash-bang" line is correctly set to the full path of your installed Perl interpreter. The example PHP scripts with ''beer.php'' and ''echo_params.php'' need only to be readable by the web server.
 Another possible problem, especially on Unix-based operating systems (Linux/Mac) may be due to line endings. Ubuntu provides a package that provides tools to correct this:
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 Then change the line endings of the cgi-script:
 <cli>
-$ cd /usr/lib/cgi-bin
+$ cd $CGI_BIN/cgi-bin
 $ sudo dos2unix echo_params.cgi
 </cli>
-If these tips don't help, it would be worth noting the error message returned by the web server and looking into the server error log ''$SERVER_ROOT/apache/logs/error_log'' for a hint about what might be wrong.
+If these tips don't help, it would be worth noting the error message returned by the web server and looking into the server error log ''sudo tail /var/log/apache2/error.log'' for a hint about what might be wrong.
 ===== References =====