cgi-bin is a special folder in web server's files and folder structure, designed to contains executable scripts written in CGI (Common Gateway Interface). These folders has often a specific properties, i.e. might be auto re-created once deleted or may be blocked from deletion.
Questions tagged [cgi-bin]
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/usr/lib/cgi-bin/ folder scripts can not be accessed from /var/www
I am studying HTML and CGI. I installed Apache on the ubuntu server, it works fine as I can see the test pages. I put a new webpage that calls a sample Hello world script from /usr/lib/cgi/ bin folder but when I run it I get this error:
Not…
Nik
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Is this an attempt to hack me?
So I'm hosting a web server since yesterday and I found this in my access log:
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Paypal IPN will just not work properly
This is my code:
// post back to PayPal system to validate
$header .= "POST cgi-bin/webscr HTTP/1.1\r\n";
$header .= "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n";
$header .="Host: www.paypal.com\r\n";
$header .= "Content-Length: " .…
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