How do I use CGI on my AU webpages?

CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface and allows scripts to run through a Web browser.

To run scripts written in Perl (and some other scripting languages) at AU you will need to register as a CGI user on this page:

• https://myaccount.aber.ac.uk/protected/restricted/permsets/

Once registered, you must do the following:

• Start a terminal session to central ( How do I do that? )

• Type mkdir cgi-bin to create a new cgi-bin folder in the root directory

• Give the cgi-bin folder executable permissions ( How do I do that? )

• Put the script you wish to run in the /cgi-bin/ folder

• Give the script executable permissions ( How do I do that? )

• Access the script from your Web Browser using one of the following URLs depending on account type:

  Account Type	URL
  Staff/Student (xxx1)	http://users.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/user/ your-user-id / script-name .pl
  Office (xxxstaff)	http://users.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/user/ your-user-id / script-name .pl
  Web (xxxwww)	http://www.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/user/ your-user-id / script-name .pl or https://www.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/user/ your-user-id / script-name .pl (secure)

  
  Replace your-user-id with your user id (e.g. xxx1) and script-name with the name of your script