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in thread PerlPlusPlugin: Security CGI problems

Right, Im getting somewhere but it still doesnt quite work !

I have a perl scripts folder within my public_html folder. I can look at my logfile and it says: 
URL=http://myserver/~basm101/perl_scripts/ptk_test.ppl
  security level=4

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which seems fairly sensible. I upgraded my netscape to netscape7. Now I no longer have the Error=!60 box popping up. Instead when I go to the url pointing to the perl script I just get the browser thinking a lot about it, and telling me "Transferring data from myserver..." in the bar at the bottom of the browser. However, this still doesnt go anywhere.

What version of netscape do you use ? I now have the most recent versions of perl, perl tk and netscape7.

How long does your browser take to run the tk program ?
thanks again,
basm101

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Re^9: PerlPlusPlugin: Security CGI problems
by tall_man (Parson) on Feb 25, 2003 at 19:11 UTC
    I have used the plugin successfully with netscape versions 4.78, 6.23, and 7.01. It doesn't take very much time for the tk program to start.

    When you run the perl script by itself, does it work?

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      Right, okay so it's not my netscape.
      Also, yes, the perl script run by itself through a terminal DOES work.
      Another possibility is the plugin isnt installed properly. If I go to Help:About plugins I am told:

      PerlPlus Plugin 0.95.04

      File name: perlplusplugin.so
      Mime type: application/x-perlplus
      Description: Perl
      Suffixes: .ppl
      Enabled: Yes

      I noticed it said in the instructions that the dot should be included before the extension - is this what you did too ?

      thanks,
      basm101
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        The About plugins looks all right to me. How about your Edit/Preferences/Navigator/HelperApplications? Do you see an "application/x-perlplus" listed in there? Here's what you should set: 
        Description of Type: PerlPlus Plugin
File Extension: .ppl
MIME Type: application/x-perlplus
Application to use: /usr/bin/perl $1

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        I have also successfully used the path to my perlplusplugin.so as the "application to use."
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