Re: [Sheflug] Trying to be a standalone server but failing

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> To let users execute their own cgis you will have to set up suexec though,
> which may or may not be a head ache depending on how the distros set
> things up these days.
> 

You don't *have* to -- but it is advised to. For those that don't know, the 
SuEXEC support in Apache is a security feature. Any script that is ran in a 
users home directory...that is, any CGI you get to with:
	http://server/~someuser/something.cgi
will be executed as user someuser. Without SuEXEC, the CGI will run as the 
user the web browser runs as (by default, "nobody").

I know for a fact that Redhat 6.1 comes with SuEXEC support switched 
on...dunno about other dists.

Chris...

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