Can someone write me a very basic perl script?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

A file, say img.cgi is called like this: http://wefj;asdf.com/folder/img.cgi?ID=111

It should ignore any variables and just return an image I specify in the program.

 

[notfred]

#!/usr/bin/perl

#Specify a filename here
$filename = "somefile.jpg";

print "Content-Type: image/jpeg\n\n";

open IMG, "$filename";
while(<IMG>){print}
close IMG;

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I did that and I get an internal server error. The path to perl seems to be correct, /usr/bin/perl is what my host provided me with.

What do you think went wrong?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
I did that and I get an internal server error. The path to perl seems to be correct, /usr/bin/perl is what my host provided me with.

What do you think went wrong?

Make sure the file is set executable, then check the error logs for the server to see what the actual error you're getting is.

 

[oog]

The script that notfred supplied has a hardcoded path to the filename. Did you change the script so that it determines the correct filename?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I tried chmodding 777 to everything and then again but with 755. Each gave the same error in the log files:

error: directory is writable by others

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

.. So make the directory not writable by others.

BTW - chmod 777 is almost never a good solution to anything.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: BingBongWongFooey
.. So make the directory not writable by others.

BTW - chmod 777 is almost never a good solution to anything.

I did that, using 755 to take writing permissions away from everyone but the owner.

I know 777 isn't the best solution, but I use that test when I'm having some errors

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: oog
The script that notfred supplied has a hardcoded path to the filename. Did you change the script so that it determines the correct filename?

RIght now the problem doesn't lie in the image, but running the file

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

^

 

[Nothinman]

You need to check the server's error logs, usually they'll tell you what's wrong.