[clug-talk] Apache web server with cgi / perl scipts

[Darcy Brodie]

Hello everyone.

After a little more digging, I figured that I would update everyone on 
the exact cause of my frustrations over the past couple of days.

Although I had purchased this program from a company who claimed it was 
written for linux, I would now have to assume that it was actually 
written for linux on a dos / windows computer.  As soon as I ran 
dos2unix on all the cgi programs, all my problems went away.

I recognize that I could just use .htaccess / .htpasswd to secure the 
web page, however, a couple of the features that the organization this 
is for wants, is for users to be able to change or retieve their 
passwords when they forget them (and they do forget their passwords - on 
a regular basis)  This program is "supposed" to do that (after all the 
hassle that I have gone though, it had better), as well as it has mysql 
database backend to it, and I am hoping that I can join the 
authentication together between the CMS and the members area of the web 
site.

If it had not been for some documents (primarily PDF files) that the 
association want in the members area, I could have used the CMS to 
restrict access to certain pages

Again, thanks for all the suggestions


Happy New Year everyone

Much relieved now,
Darcy