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1. Which path to perl?

/usr/bin/perl

Use in scripts -
#!/usr/bin/perl

2. Which path to sendmail?

/usr/sbin/sendmail

3. Which unix path to my home directory?

/home/virtual/yourdomain.com/var/www/html

/home/virtual/yourdomain.com/var/www/cgi-bin

Be sure what you not specify www. here!

4. Is you cgi scripting safe? Can anyone read/write my files?

No. Only you can do anything with your files.

5. Why my script return me 500 Error?

1. Your script is incorrectly configured
2. Your script not return headers

You can check error log in web control panel.
Services -> Apache server -> Log Files -> error log download

Script installation/fixing available at mycgiscripts.com
We not will be check your script for free.

6. Me need to install CPAN module xxx...

You can login via ssh and install any span modules.
Login via ssh and type

perl -MCPAN -e shell  

cpan>install (name of cpan module)

PS:  This is virtual server, you not need to be root.
PPS: You can do it if your hosting plan include SSH access. If you not have it - for small fee our cgi installation service install it.

7. Me need to install any CGI script...

If you don't know how do it - visit our cgi scripts service. For fee we install any script for you.

8.  MySQL cgi interfaces

In php mysql support is built-in
In perl - DBI is configured to support mysql.

Example :

use DBI;
$dbh=DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$database@localhost", $dbuser,$dbpass);



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