SRJC Homework FAQ
| Q: Am I allowed to run user-written CGI programs from my Web account space on this server? |
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A: Yes.
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| Q: Does this system have a Perl interpreter installed? If so, what version(s) of Perl are available? |
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A: Yes. We currently have version 5.004_04 installed, as well as 4 and 4.036
available
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| Q: If the Web server runs UNIX, what is the magic script comment line to make a Perl script file execute? |
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A: Our Web server runs under Linux. The comment line is "#!/usr/bin/perl"
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| Q: What, if any, are the required filename extensions for CGI programs? |
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A: You can use either .pl or .cgi
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| Q: Are my scripts required to reside in a special directory? |
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A: Yes. They must be located in a cgi-bin/your_username directory.
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| Q: What operating system does the Web server use? |
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A: Linux
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| Q: Can I use the SSI #exec command on this Web server? |
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A: Yes
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| Q: Do I need to change anything to activate the SSI feature? |
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A: No
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| Q: Do my HTML files need a special extension to use SSI? |
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A: Yes, .shtml
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| Q: What is the absolute path to my root Web directory? |
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A: /home/WWW_pages/your_username
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| Q: What should my URL look like to access my Web pages? |
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A: http://login.users.sonic.net/ (where "login" is your Sonic.net
login name)
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| Q: Which, if any, Perl CGI function modules or libraries are installed in the default Perl library path? |
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A: Too many to list!
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| Q: Does the Web server have a sendmail command installed? |
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A: Yes. The path is /usr/bin/sendmail
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| Q: Do I have FTP access to this account? |
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A: Yes.
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| Q: Do I have telnet access to this account? |
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A: Yes.
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| Q: What host name should I use to access my Web account via FTP and Telnet? |
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A: ftp.sonic.net and bolt.sonic.net
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| Q: What are my username and password for this machine when using FTP and Telnet? |
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A: The same as your dialup login named and password.
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| Q: Where can I get more information? |
| A: Sonic.net quick reference guide:
http://www.sonic.net/support/docs/quick-ref.shtml Sonic.net support page: http://www.sonic.net/support Sonic.net web resources page: http://www.sonic.net/web_resources |
| Q: Is any of this supported by the Sonic.net support team? |
| A: Not over the phone or via LiveHelp - please don't call our tech support
line or contact us via our LiveHelp feature for
questions which do not regard your email client or your dialling software.
Refer to our newsgroups sonic.help.cgi, sonic.programmer, and sonic.os.unix. If you have specific questions
that can't be found in the newsgroups, feel free to email us at support@sonic.net
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