On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 06:31 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
I've had some issues with my Linux hosting company when they tried to update
the server. They don't offer Telnet for security reasons,
Just curious: Usually when an provider yanks telnet support (a wise choice) they offer SSH (secure shell) instead. Does your hosting company offer that? The ssh client is included with OS X.
However,
when attempting to execute the mc cgi, an error
message is generated. This is "invalid magic number".
I am guessing the file was corrupted in transit, or they have binary for another OS or architecture.
In UNIX, file types are not determined by the file system or the kernel, so the first few bytes of a file may contain a "magic number" designating it's file type. For shell scripts, the familiar idiom on the first line #! is the magic number telling the OS it's a shell script. For executables, the magic number is system dependent. There are many others but #! is the only one I've ever needed to remember.
In order for your CGI to launch, the script and the engine both have to start with the correct "magic number".
Alex Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com
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