ERROR - YOU DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO RUN THIS FILE

If you receive this error when attempting to run a file or perl script the problem is that the file does not have the correct permissions.

All files and folders on the server are given permissions which means that only certain users or groups can modify or run the files. To fix this error you most likely need to tell the server to allow others to run the file. This is usually done by changing the permissions of the file or folder. This changing is called "CHMOD".

You can chmod a file through an ftp program or through the control panel. Usually setting the chmod of a file to 755 will eliminate this error. This error is common on perl or cgi scripts put into the cgi-bin but not set to 755.