Web Support -- Running Your Own Scripts
User-authored scripts are supported for all DCANet customers with Unix-hosted web sites. Any user can write his or her own scripts and place and use them on-line without intervention by any DCANet staff member.

There are many online resources from which you may download free scripts. A popular source for scripts is the CGI Resource Index. (Note that this link is provided as a service to our customers but DCANet does not support these scripts or take any responsibility for the consequences of their use).

There are two methods available to run your own scripts on DCANet's Unix-hosted websites: CGIWrap and suExec. Both offer a secure method of running your scripts. suEXEC is generally considered easier to deploy. Note: CGIWrap is the defualt unless you have FP extensions installed. Learn more:
 

  • On UNIX, Perl is version 5.005 and is /usr/bin/perl.
  • On Windows, Perl is version 5.005, enabled by naming your file with .pl extension.
  • Cold Fusion is version 4.5, enabled by naming your file with a .cfm extension.
  • PHP versions 3, 4, and 5 are supported. Files that are named with a .php3 extension are processed with version 3.0.18, files with just a .php extension are processed with version 4.0.6. Version 5 must be used as a CGI, and is located at /local/bin/php5.
  • Active Server Pages are supported on both IIS4 and IIS5, enabled by naming your file with .asp extensions
  • Python is version 1.5.2 and is /usr/contrib/bin/python
  • Server parsed HTML can be enabled by naming your files with a .shtml extension
  • Sendmail is located at /usr/sbin/sendmail

Not all programming methods are available on every web site. To find out which programming languages are supported on your site, please contact DCANet web support at websupport@dca.net.