This is the readme file for the example scripts. wwwtest.cgi ----------- Functional as a cgi-script or in a mod_perl setup. To install (on a machine with Authen::Captcha installed): - copy it to your cgi-bin - modify permissions so that it is executable: chmod a+rx wwwtest.cgi - edit the script, setting the variables at it's top to appropriate values: $output_dir : should be set to a directory that is within your DocumentRoot. This directory must be writable by the web server user, eg: chgrp apache /var/www/html/captcha chmod g+rwx /var/www/html/captcha $www_output_dir : should be set to where the $output_dir maps to the outside world. In the above example, if /var/www/html is the DocumentRoot, $www_output_dir should be set to '/captcha' $db_dir : should be set to a directory that is NOT accessable from the web, and is writable by the web server user. $num_of_characters : controls how many characters will be displayed in the resulting Captcha. - Pull up the script in a browser, and test it. If it doesn't work, check your web server log files.