117 Homework Assignment #12 (10 pts)

    Most students completed this homework in class #11
    on 11/6/2007.

Inclass graded exercise

objective:
   1. create a free account on tripod.com
   2. upload a simple web page that calls a simple cgi program
   3. upload the cgi perl program into cgi-bin
   4. test that this all works.

browse to: http://www.tripod.lycos.com

click big green button: Start now

Under Tripod Free,
 click Sign up

Warning: do not enter any real personal information on this web site.

   username: enter your 3 char login for this class
      add chars if necessary to be accepted
      write down your username.

   password: use your class 5 char password
      add your 3 char login to make an 8 char password

   make up a first and last name.

   address: make up a number between 1500 and 2000
      on bristol st

   leave city, state, and zip code as is

   make up birth date

   email address: your 3 char login @unix01.sac.edu
      e.g.  z9z@unix01.sac.edu

   choose a gender

   uncheck all the boxes

   enter the largest numbers

   click: I agree

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View the default web page that has been setup for you:

  http://username.tripod.com

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create a textfile named: index.html
with these lines: 
<h1>hello</h1>
<form METHOD=GET ACTION="/cgi-bin/tst.pl">
    <input type=submit value="Submit"> 
</form>
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ftp ftp.tripod.com
  login with the account name that you created 
   that starts with your 3 char login
  password (your 5 char password + 3 char login)
  ls
     you should see index.htm and cgi-bin directory
  ren index.htm indexold.htm
  put index.htm
  quit
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  http://username.tripod.com
   should say hello and then submit

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On your local system,
create a textfile named tst.pl
with these 4 lines:
#
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<h1>my cgi output</h1>\n";
#
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ftp ftp.tripod.com
login
cd cgi-bin
ls
put tst.pl
quit
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  http://username.tripod.com

  Now when you click on submit,
  it should display "my cgi output"
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to get credit for this homework,
  show the instructor that you get the correct output
  when you click the submit button.

You may also email me your tripod username
  so I can grade your assignment.
   Remember your tripod username must begin with your 3 character 
    class login.