What should the CGI Permissions be?

To run a CGI based application, you will need to ensure that you have the correct settings for your script. Otherwise, it will not function and display an internal server error (Error 500). Please view below to give you more information about the permissions / folder and other important information.

CGI pre-requisites:

   1. CGI files should have a maximum permission level of 755
   2. All CGI related applications should be run from the /cgi-bin/ folder located in the /public_html/

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