Running CGI scripts under Unix
From Novara Support Knowledgebase
The default configuration is for a Unix hosted website to treat anything in the /cgi-bin directory or with the extension .cgi as a script. This can be configured through the hosting control panel.
However, for such scripts to function the script must:
- be executable by user, group and others
- be have the owner and group of the main FTP account
- not be writable by group or other
