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Hi Ken Are you behind a web proxy server or firewall? If so, you'll probably need to specify a proxy server in the script. If the proxy is defined in the environment variables on the server, then you can use... my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new( timeout => 60 ); $ua->env_proxy(); ...otherwise, you might need to hardcode it into the script... my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new( timeout => 60 ); $ua->proxy(['http'], 'http://squid.wittenberg.edu:3128'); (replace "squid.wittenberg.edu:3128" with whatever the proxy server name and port number actually are) regards Dave Pattern University of Huddersfield ________________________________________ From: Code for Libraries [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken Irwin [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 23 November 2009 19:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] calling another webpage within CGI script Hi Joe, That's really helpful, thanks. Actually finding out what the error message is nice: HTTP Error : 500 Can't connect to www.npr.org:80 (connect: Permission denied) I've tried this with a few websites and always get the same error, which tells me that the problem is on my server side. Any idea what I can change so I don't get a permission-denied rejection? I'm not even sure what system I should be looking at. I tried Vishwam's suggestion of granting 777 permissions to both the file and the directory and I get the same response. Is there some Apache setting someplace that says "hey, don't you go making web calls while I'm in charge"? (This is a Fedora server running Apache, btw). I don't know what to poke at! Ken --- This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability.