The permissions are set to 777 on the file, that was the first thing i though of, and there is nothing showing in the error_log file!?
Jonathan Musto BT Ignite Solutions Telephone - 0113 237 3277 Fax - 0113 244 1413 E-mail - [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.technet.bt.com/sit/public British Telecommunications plc Registered office: 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ Registered in England no. 1800000 This electronic message contains information from British Telecommunications plc which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone or email (to the numbers or address above) immediately. -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Lidman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:24 Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CGI help > in the browser, but as soon as i add a file handle to obtian the userid from > the username it stops working, nothing is displayed. > > open (FH,"hl_of_users.txt") || &CgiDie("Can't open user file!"); > > I will be pereforming various actions on this file handle but at the moment > i can't do anything because as soon as i add this line i get a blank page > returned. Do the script have permisson to read the file? What does the error_log say? /Stefan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
