Re: Ultimate Bulletin Board v5.3x? Bug

From: John Riddoch (jrat_private)
Date: Tue Nov 30 1999 - 09:15:20 PST

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    >By default, Member files are stored in the /cgi-bin/Members directory. The
    >members files are stored as numbers, with a .cgi extension, eg: 00000001.cgi
    >
    >Under unix, if you put in http://www.url.blah/cgi-bin/Members/00000001.cgi,
    >the server will return a 500 error, however, under NT with ActivePerl (v5.07
    >I believe?), it will return something like this:
    >
    >CGI Error
    <SNIP>
    >How to fix? change the members path to something more like
    >xvc83nx9wy4nd0w74m3. That will solve it
    
    Better to make it something a bit more mnemonic, eg member.data and tell the
    web server not to serve it.
    
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