Server Error: The folder "/Cgi-bin" Is Marked Executable
ID: q215365
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions
SYMPTOMS
When you publish a FrontPage Web to a server, the following error message
appears:
Server error: The folder "/Cgi-bin" is marked executable. You are not
allowed to put files into an executable folder on this server.
The folder name Cgi-bin is any folder that is marked as executable, which
also exists on the server.
CAUSE
For security reasons, the default setting on FrontPage 2000 Webs does not
allow authors to upload executable files into executable folders, and then
into a FrontPage Web. This setting protects servers so that authors do not
inadvertently upload a program containing a bug or a virus. This error
occurs if there are any files in the executable folder that are being
published to the server.
RESOLUTION
If you need to publish files to an executable folder on the server, you
need to make a request to the Server Administrator to create settings on
the server that allow this.
If the administrator cannot do this for you immediately, then you should
remove any files from the executable folder in your Web in order for the
published files to succeed until the setting is made on the server.
On Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, the setting to allow authors to
upload executables is created in the Internet Services Manager. For these
servers, the administrator must do the following:
- In the console tree, right-click the root Web where you want to
make the folders executable.
- Click Properties on the Shortcut menu, and then click the Server
Extensions tab.
- Make sure that the Don't Inherit Security Settings check box and
the Allow Authors to Upload Executables check box are both selected
(checked).
For all other Web servers on Windows, the setting is created using the
Stand Alone FrontPage MMC snap-in, Server Extensions Administrator. To
access the Server Extensions Administrator on Windows NT, do the
following:
- Click Start, and point to Programs.
- Point to Administrative Tools.
- Click Server Extensions Administrator.
To access the Server Extensions Administrator on Windows 95/98, do the
following:
- Click Start and point to Programs.
- Point to Microsoft Office Tools.
- Click Server Extensions Administrator.
To allow authors to upload executables, do the following:
- In the console tree, right-click the root Web where you want to
make the folders executable.
- Click Properties on the Shortcut menu, and then click the Server
Extensions tab.
- Make sure that the Allow Authors to Upload Executables check box
is selected.
On UNIX servers, the setting is created in the configuration files. When
NoExecutableCgiUpload is set to a non-zero (0) value, the FrontPage Server
Extensions set the execute bit on any CGI scripts that an author uploads
to a Web using FrontPage. A Web Presence Provider can manually set the
execute permission after inspecting the CGI script. When
NoExecutableCgiUpload is set to 0, the Server Extensions automatically set
the execute bit on CGI scripts to uploaded to an author's Cgi-bin
directory.
To make the setting global for all virtual servers on the UNIX server, add
the setting NoExecutableCgiUpload:0 to
/usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/frontpage.cnf.
To create the setting per virtual server:
For a single host system, create NoExecutableCgiUpload:0 in the
/usr/local/frontpage/we80.cnf
-OR-
For a multihosted system, created it in
/usr/local/frontpage/hostname:port.cnf.
Additional query words:
front page
Keywords : fpse2000
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb
Last Reviewed: April 14, 1999