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Cannot access cgi-php & cgi-php/wp-login.php does not exist (4 posts)

  1. curt
    Member
    Posted 18 years ago #

    I got a new shared hosting account for my WPMU installation. It has LINUX, APACHE, PHP and MySQL. It had these folders in the root before the install:
    cgi-bin
    cgi-php
    etc
    htdocs
    logs

    Nothing is viewable from the browser except the contents of htdocs. http://ezid.biz accesses htdocs/index.htm. Therefore, I uploaded the installation files into htdocs/wpmu. After I ran the installation from http://ezid.biz/wpmu , there were no new folders or files created, as far as I can tell.

    The installation e-mailed me the following message:
    __________________________________

    Subject: Your new WPMU site is ready!

    Your new WPMU site has been created at
    http://ezid.biz/cgi-php/

    Login details:
    Username: admin
    Password: c3f001461956
    Login: http://ezid.biz/cgi-php/wp-login.php
    __________________________________

    However, if you go to http://ezid.biz/cgi-php or http://ezid.biz/cgi-php/wp-login.php , it says that the URL was not found. (cgi-php has one file in it: phpwrapper)

    My hoster told me this:

    "You will not be able to access the folder through http://ezid.biz/cgi-php/ since they are not in the htdocs folder. You can access these folder through ftp."

    Can anybody tell me what I should do from here? I'm stumped.

  2. drmike
    Member
    Posted 18 years ago #

    You're running PHP as a CGI. Others have reported that WPMU doesn't work well or even at all with PHP as a CGI.

    Best bet would be to run PHP as an Apache module. I think even the PHP folks suggest that.

  3. curt
    Member
    Posted 18 years ago #

    Thanks for replying drmike.

    I passed your information to my hoster. They tell me that to do this, I need a Virtual Private Server, which could host my ASP/SQLServer website and WordPress. However, is it possible to run Apache and PHP as an Apache module together with Windows IIS on the same server?

    More importantly, is it possible to integrate WordPress with a website programmed in ASP? Is it possible to have single sign-on, so that when our members sign into our website, they sign into our existing applications plus the WP application simultaneously? If so, how is this done?

  4. nexia
    Member
    Posted 18 years ago #

    if your host is actually using PHP as a CGI plugin, please change your host, they are OBSOLETE for years... that would answer all your problems in the future.

    sharing logins is possible, it's not related to programming in PHP or ASP but when managing data from a MySQL database.. if your server have that ability, you can install WPMU in, and you will be able to find a coder that make a bridge between your ASP app and the database...

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