Movable Type Knowledge Base: 500 Error On GoDaddy Servers

Question

When trying to install Movable Type on GoDaddy, I get a 500 error.

Answer

The 'sbox' software which GoDaddy uses on their servers rewrites the current working directory for all CGI scripts to its own directory. Because of this, Movable Type can't find its own library modules.

To get around this, you will need to edit the first line of all of the *.cgi scripts to look like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w -I/path/to/mt_dir/lib

where /path/to/mt_dir/lib is the full path to the lib folder in your Movable Type installation directory.

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