Here are simple steps to run CGI scripts using school's account:

1) Make sure that ~<loginID>/http directory is present.  If this
directory is not existing, then create one by:

    %> mkdir http                        # create directory called http
    %> chmod 755 http                # changin permission so everyone
has "read" access, not "write" access.

2) Create cgi-bin directory under http:

    %> mkdir cgi-bin
    %> chmod 755 cig-bin

3) All of the CGI scripts should reside in cgi-bin.

4) For a proper PERL CGI scripting, make sure it begins correctly by
following lines:

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

<your code>

5) Don't forget to change permission on the CGI script as well so it
should be readable:

    %> chmod 755 <name of cgi script>

6) Access CGI scripts with following URL format:

    http://orion.neiu.edu/~<your login ID>/cgi-bin/<name of cgi script>