account manager from elitehost.com setup problems

[davis]

hi- i have searched the forumns and only found one other inquiry about using account manager pro here, unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem.

i have used this script on over a dozen sites, but for some reason i am not even able to get it to set the administrative password, let alone manage the database.

i have placed the various files both within the cgi-bin and outside of it, i have tried all the permissions settings within the suggested range, i have repeatedly checked the paths on the config.pl and all are correct, etc.

i'm stumped! is there a unique permission setting i need to use due to the way this server is setup? though none of the scripts even access any files within the subdirectory that i'm using this script to maintain, does using "whatever.mydomain.com" require a different method of scripting? (i have never used the subdomain thing before)

thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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update... ok, once again i managed to get it to write the administration password, (happened once yesterday!) and by changing the permissions from 755 to 775 i can access the main control panel... but only until i upload the members info files and database that i am transfering from another site.

once those files are added to the "info" folder, no matter what option i choose i am redirected to the sign in page, and even though i'm entering the correct password it just keeps displaying the sign in page, and even when i remove them, i can no longer get past the sign in page, either.

[David]

Hi,

I have a working version of account manager lite working on this server,

I am using the following permissions:

/cgi-bin/account/ 777
/temp/ 777
/pword/ 777
/memberinfo/ 777

amadmin.cgi 755
acctman.cgi 755


/.htpasswds/secure/ 777
/passwd 777



Your directory structure will probably be slighty different.

[davis]

hi- i'm glad to hear that the script CAN work here!
unfortunately, it's still not working on any of my sites, and i don't know what else to try. i can't believe i am on the second day of trying to get this thing working when i have always done it in less then five minutes everywhere else.

[David]

Have you also changed the permissions on the user's data files that you uploaded form your previous host.

The only other thing i can think of is that the server paths are not correct; you should be using /home/username/public_html/


Hope this helps

[davis]

yep, i've tried every possible permission setting but as long as there is the database it simply freezes up on the admin password page.

i have also checked over and over and all the paths are set up correctly.

thanks for your suggestions, though, i appreciate it!

[David]

Another thought that occurred to me;

Did you download form your old host and upload to 100megs the password file/members list in binary or ascii ?

[davis]

hi- my ftp program is set up with the correct method for each type. oh well, i'm going out of town until next week, and i'll tackle it again when i return.


i'm thinking it's time to dive into mysql and handle the memberships that way... it can't be any harder than trying to figure out what the heck is going wrong with this simple little cgi script:)

[David]

:)

The ftp program won't actually chose the correct method with these files as the endings are .infotemp which would not be recognised by your ftp program to upload on ascii.



Good Luck with MySQL :)