Think CGI isn't working? Use this.

Here is a small test script that you should be able to upload to your directory, chmod (change permissions) to 755 and then access via the web to see if an account's cgi access is working.

code:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
print "All is working. :)";


You may put the above code into a .cgi file or a .pl file. If you get a 500 internal error, then check to make sure you uploaded it in ascii mode and that it's been given the correct permissions. If you're sure everything is correct, then please send in a support desk ticket with the username of the account experiencing the problems, the servername of the server the account is on, and the url to this test script you uploaded to that account.

The problems are usually with permissions to folders or cpanel/whm creating improper ownership of some of the directories. It's best to let us just fix the problem than to wipe out the account and recreate it again.

Note: Please also read the SuExec thread as this is enabled on all servers and with SuExec turned on, you may need to set permissions differently than what your script's instructions tell you to.