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this is the link of the script on my server http://www.nudaten.nl/cgi-bin/geo/geo_db.pl

just gives a page not found 500 error the geo dir is chmod 777
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Re^3: Problem retrieving data using WWW::Curl
by Nevtlathiel (Friar) on Jun 13, 2005 at 13:58 UTC
    Don't put CGI scripts in a directory chmoded to 777, it's a Bad Idea TM. It means that ANYONE can write to that directory. Is that really what you want? 755 is a much safer idea :)

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