[Solved] ASP.net and CGI not working

[victimofgrace]

My .aspx and .cgi files aren't working.

 

My cgi file: http://addes3rpg.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/first.cgi

My .aspx file: http://addes3rpg.heliohost.org/test.aspx

 

I have tried many times on different days to get them to work and I can't, so I don't think it's server load.

I get a 500 internal server error for the cgi file and a runtime error/server error.

[Byron]

Copy the perl script below into a file and call it 'time.cgi' and chmod it to 755.

 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use CGI ':standard';
$current_time = localtime;
print header,
start_html('A Virtual Clock'),
h1('A Virtual Clock'),
"The current time is $current_time - PST.",
hr,
end_html;

 

Let me know if that works for you.

 

[victimofgrace]

Nope, dosen't work.

URL: http://addes3rpg.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/time.cgi

[Byron]

This support request is being escalated to our root admin.

[Ashoat]

Your ASP.NET file is getting a runtime error. Follow the directions you get on your screen to enable error reporting so you can debug it.

 

For the CGI file: what's your HelioHost username? You probably just have permissions wrong on some directory or file. Have you checked .htaccess in that directory, as well as the directory itself?

[victimofgrace]

My username is addes3. I've checked permissons, but I never thought of the .htacccess.

 

I got the time.cgi to work, but mine won't.

And I debugged the .aspx file. Thanks.

[Ashoat]

Problem with the CGI scripts you're running is that you have a you U+FEFF character at the beginning. Here, read this Wikipedia page. I've had this problem before and it's not easy to deal with in Windows. If you're running a 32-bit version, the command-line text editor in cmd (I think it's just "edit") can see the U+FEFF character, but most text editors just don't display it.

 

Alternately, if you're running Linux or Mac OS X or something, you can open the file up in vim and just remove that character.