FormMail.cgi and CHMOD Problems - Please Help

I purchased a server recently and in the server information they sent me, they said they disabled formmail.cgi and guestbook.cgi to prevent spam. Well, there was no notification that this was going to happen until after I had already purchased the server.

I know how they disabled it. They CHMODed it to 0. I have tried logging into root and CHMODing it to 755, or anything else, but I get this:

root@server [/usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys]# chmod 755 formmail.cgi
chmod: changing permissions of `formmail.cgi': Operation not permitted

I moved all of my clients from one server that allowed formmail.cgi to this one, and now I am getting complaints that their forms don't work anymore. I desperately need formmail enabled. Is there ANY way to get around this "operation not permitted" garbage?

Contacting the company I recieved the server from is useless because they're getting bombarded by other matters.

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

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