# Using Ruby on a generic ISP

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-on-a-generic-isp/116520>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 6, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-on-a-generic-isp/116520 "2007-10-06T19:06:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![winterheat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@winterheat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/winterheat)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-ruby-on-a-generic-isp/116520/1 "2007-10-06T19:06:19Z")

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I wonder how Ruby can be used on a generic ISP right now?

looks like right now i can use a

test.rb in my cgi-bin directory, and it is  
not even checking the #!/usr/bin/ruby line

and then i tried a test.erb in the cgi-bin directory or a test.rhtml in  
the www directory, and neither of them worked.

the test.erb won’t work with  
the line #!/usr/bin/erb or #!/usr/bin/local/erb

So I wonder, can I do something on my own directories so that  
test.rhtml, test.erb, ActiveRecord, and ActiveSupport will work?