Encoder

[russellr]

Hi,

Tech support sent me this:
Here is the path to the file fmencoder, /usr/local/etc/httpd/cgi-bin.

I have a strong suspicion that they are wrong.

Here's a script that should reveal the truth:

<?php
echo getcwd();
echo "<br />\n";
system("pwd");
?>

Please call it "pwd.php" and load it into your document root and also cgi-bin.

Open in a browser to find the truth paths.

[danp]

When I browsed to pwd.php I got this:
/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs

This is the same as phpinfo has for the Document Root.This is where my web page files are located.

NOw, cgi-bin is on the same directory level as htdocs is. In other words, when I ftp in, I see both the htdocs directory and the cgi-bin directory and can open either one. Maybe this will help you understand the directory structure.

With /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs in $SET_DOCUMENT_ROOT and I submit the form it trys to open the file in my web editor in Firefox and says Page Cannot Be Displayed in IE6. I've tried several variations, but nothing works. I either get this error or Cannot chdir to "/usr/local/whatever" to run filter "encode".

Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Dan

[russellr]

Hi,

When I browsed to pwd.php I got this:
/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs
/usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs

This is the same as phpinfo has for the Document Root.This is where my web page files are located.

Yes, that's pretty conclusive now. It's a very surprising path, though.

With /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs in $SET_DOCUMENT_ROOT and I submit the form it trys to open the file in my web editor in Firefox and says Page Cannot Be Displayed in IE6. I've tried several variations, but nothing works. I either get this error or Cannot chdir to "/usr/local/whatever" to run filter "encode".

My next thought is that your webserver refuses to execute binary CGI programs.

So, the workaround we have for that is to use the SOCKET_FILTERS configuration instead of FILTERS.

Replace "YourSiteHere" with your site name

$SOCKET_FILTERS = array(
                 "httpencode"=>array("site"=>"YourSiteHere",
                     "port"=>80,
<snipped> 

and then in the HTML form replace "encode" with "httpencode".

If you need help with this setup, please send server access details using this secure form:
https://secure.rootsoftware.com/~tectite/sendsecret.php

[danp]

Success. It works. Have just submitted my purchase order. Thanks for all the help.
Dan