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I have a compaq proliant 3000 server (dual PIII) running Mandrake 9.2, I am attempting to install YaBB (http://www.yabbforum.com/) and I am having an odd problem, I hope someone can help.

I am logged in as ROOT to install and set permissions etc... When I attempt to open the yabb.cgi script in a wb browser locally I get the whole file printed out in my browser window like it would be in a text editor. When I try to open yabb.cgi in a browser window somewhere else on the LAN I get Forbidden You don't have permission to access /forum/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi on this server.

I have set the permissions to 777 on all directories and files, I can open the forum,cgi-bin and yabb directories and view their contents but I can't access YaBB.cgi from my browser on the LAN.

Any thoughts? Thank you!

Retitled by davido.

In reply to OT: Perl Oddity (2meAnyway) by dondoucette

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