This is the error message I get. I have chmod the index file and we are using links 2 with templates.

Building Home Pages . . .
Subcategories: 18
Total Links: 45
Opening page: /home/nzcid/links2-pages/../index.html

CGI ERROR
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Error Message : unable to open home page: /home/nzcid/links2-pages/../index.html. Reason: Permission denied
Script Location : /home/nzcid/cgi-bin/links2/admin/nph-build.cgi
Perl Version : 5.00404

Form Variables
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Environment Variables
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AUTH_TYPE : Basic
BrowserHasFrames : 1
BrowserHasJScript : 1
BrowserHasJava : 1
BrowserHasTables : 1
DOCUMENT_ROOT : /home/nzcid
GATEWAY_INTERFACE : CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT : image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, */*
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING: gzip, deflate
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en-nz
HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL : max-age=259200
HTTP_CONNECTION : keep-alive
HTTP_HOST : w3.nzcid.godzone.net.nz
HTTP_REFERER : http://www.nzcid.godzone.net.nz/cgi-bin/links2/admin/admin.cgi?display=navigation
HTTP_USER_AGENT : Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0b2; Windows 95)
HTTP_VIA : 1.1 squid1.godzone.net.nz:3128 (Squid/2.0.PATCH2)
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: 210.55.230.7
PATH : /home/agree/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sysadm:/usr/local/pgsql/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin
QUERY_STRING :
REMOTE_ADDR : 210.55.230.180
REMOTE_HOST : agree-5.godzone.net.nz
REMOTE_PORT : 10909
REMOTE_USER : nzcid
REQUEST_METHOD : GET
REQUEST_URI : /cgi-bin/links2/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_FILENAME : /home/nzcid/cgi-bin/links2/admin/nph-build.cgi
SCRIPT_NAME : /cgi-bin/links2/admin/nph-build.cgi
SERVER_ADMIN : WebMaster@NZCID.GodZone.Net.NZ
SERVER_NAME : WWW.NZCID.GodZone.Net.NZ
SERVER_PORT : 80
SERVER_PROTOCOL : HTTP/1.0
SERVER_SOFTWARE : Apache/1.3.2 (Unix) mod_perl/1.15_01 mod_ssl/2.0.12 SSLeay/0.9.0
UNIQUE_ID : Ntet-8oxUgIAADxVzM0



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New Zealand Christian Internet Directory

Try CHMODing your templates directory 777

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Regards,
Brian
mjordn12@aol.com
veggietales.virtualave.net/veggielink/ (MegaLinks2.0)

Or, at least, make sure all the template files are chmod 666.

Tried both those - and it still does not work.

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New Zealand Christian Internet Directory