# FastCGI setup : public/dispatch.fcgi **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby-Forum\ **Created:** [January 12, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastcgi-setup-public-dispatch-fcgi/52324 "2006-01-12T20:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![railsroad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@railsroad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/railsroad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastcgi-setup-public-dispatch-fcgi/52324/1 "2006-01-12T20:49:56Z")
I’m still attempting to get rforum set up on a shared host. I’m attempting to follow the fastCGI instructions here: [http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/FastCGI](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/FastCGI) However, the instructions do not match what I see. I’m supposed to change in public/dispatch.fcgi The documentation says to change: > require ‘fcgi’ to: > require ‘rubygems’ > require\_gem ‘fcgi’ Of course, the closest thing I can find to that is: require ‘fcgi\_handler’ Can anyone recommend a current tutorial on how to setup FastCGI? I don’t understand Apache and/or Rails enough to recognize what should be changed and what should remain the same. * * * Seeking Confirmation about this as well: I’m also curious about the changes I’m supposed to make the the .htaccess file. The wiki I’m following has the next step as in public/.htaccess change RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ /dispatch.cgi?$1 [QSA,L] to RewriteRule ^(.\*)$ /dispatch.fcgi?$1 [QSA,L] To my understanding, I think the file that needs to be changed is actually located in: public\_html/.htaccess Confirmation that I’m correct about that is appreciated. thanks, B ---
**Author:** ![railsroad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@railsroad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/railsroad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastcgi-setup-public-dispatch-fcgi/52324/2 "2006-01-13T15:55:43Z")
All I know is I changed the former and it all works fine ---
**Author:** ![railsroad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@railsroad](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/railsroad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fastcgi-setup-public-dispatch-fcgi/52324/3 "2006-01-13T18:39:08Z")
I changed require ‘fcgi\_handler’ to: require ‘rubygems’ require\_gem ‘fcgi’ ## Now, I’m getting this error: You don’t have permission to access /dispatch.fcgi/ on this server. ## Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. I have checked the permissions and they’re 777 This actually brings up an interesting Topic. What do the permissions for Rforum to run on a a shared host? this is Home: drwxr-x— 3 XXXXXX XXXXXX 4096 Dec 14 18:20 public\_ftp drwxr-xr-x 2 XXXXXX XXXXXX 4096 Jan 12 18:54 public\_html drwxr-xr-x 3 XXXXXX XXXXXX 4096 Jan 6 12:19 rforum and here is an LS -LA for the Rforum app: drwxr-xr-x 15 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 11 16:07 . drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:19 … drwxr-xr-x 7 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:20 app drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:21 attachments drwxr-xr-x 4 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 10 17:15 config drwxr-xr-x 4 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:21 db drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:22 ferret\_index drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:22 lang drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:22 lib -rw-r–r-- 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 1059 Jan 6 12:22 LICENSE drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:22 log drwxr-xr-x 7 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 13 12:13 public -rwxr-xr-x 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 1767 Jan 6 12:23 Rakefile.rb -rw-r–r-- 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 1024 Jan 11 16:07 README drwxr-xr-x 5 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:23 script drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:23 server drwxr-xr-x 7 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:19 .svn drwxr-xr-x 7 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:25 test and lastly here is the rforum/trunk/public LS -LA -rw-r–r-- 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 99 Jan 6 12:22 404.html -rw-r–r-- 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 69 Jan 6 12:22 500.html -rwxr-xr-x 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 479 Jan 6 12:22 dispatch.cgi -rwxrwxrwx 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 874 Jan 13 12:13 dispatch.fcgi -rwxr-xr-x 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 479 Jan 6 12:22 dispatch.rb -rw-r–r-- 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4710 Jan 6 12:22 favicon.ico -rwxr-xr-x 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 2550 Jan 6 12:22 .htaccess drwxr-xr-x 4 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:22 images drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:22 javascripts -rw-r–r-- 1 xxxxxx xxxxxx 43 Jan 6 12:22 robots.txt drwxr-xr-x 8 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:23 skins drwxr-xr-x 3 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:23 stylesheets drwxr-xr-x 7 xxxxxx xxxxxx 4096 Jan 6 12:22 .svn Are those permission correct? Which need to be changed? thanks, Bryan