I have a CGI script that worked perfect for several years that writes  
contents of a file from the web on one webserver.
I am setting a new web server, and running this time the same script  
but under https instead of http.
The script is very simple:


#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;
print $q-> header();

$user = $q-> param('user');
$pass = $q-> param('pass');

if($user eq "Eduard" && $pass eq "xxxxx"){
$filecontents = $q-> param('filecontents');

open(FILE,"> /home/server/file.txt") or die;
print FILE $filecontents;
close(FILE);

print "hi $user!";
}
else{print "You are not authorized!"}

So, you provide something like:
http://somewebserver.com/cgi-bin/xxx.cgi?user=Eduard&pass=xxxxx&filecontents=somedatakdfjlsd
kf
This way, it should create a file called "file.txt" at the directory / 
home/server/file.txt

In the new server under https I do:
https://somewebserver.com/cgi-bin/xxx.cgi?user=Eduard&pass=xxxxx&filecontents=somedatakdfjls
dkf
But now nothing happens. The script writes only once hi Eduard!

The second print is ignored and I am not able to write or modify the  
file.
I don't know if this happens because of the https. I've set the  
permissions of /home/server dir to 777, and also the same for all  
files inside the directory, but
I cannot write a file inside this directory.

What should I do to know what's going wrong?

Any help appreciated!

Best regards,

Alejandro


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