RE: [Sheflug] su

["French, Alastair" <nospam [at] racalinst.co.uk>]

Have you edited the apache conf files to allow cgi execution, I have the
following set, not sure if you need all of the, though

    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/www/public_html/cgi-bin/"

<Directory "/www/public_html/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
</Directory>

The script must be within the cgi-bin directory alias, or you can use the
followng

#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

to use .cgi scripts outside of the aliased directory

Hope this helps, it may not be accurate, but it works for me

Alastair

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	technical [SMTP:technical [at] minsthorpecc.wakefld.sch.uk]
> Sent:	Monday, August 07, 2000 11:09 AM
> To:	Sheflug
> Subject:	[Sheflug] su
> 
> im trying to run cgi shell scripts but keep getting access denied due to
> apache running as user nobody can i use su without user intreaction to run
> the process as root as apache wont run as root without a recompile cos i
> was
> going to run a seperate hidden server to run admin scripts. My script is
> as
> follows:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> echo content-type: text/plain
> echo
> echo internet server stopping
> /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S20inetd stop
> 
> could someone point me into the right direction untill until I can get a
> book on cgi scripting im stuck.
> 
> Cheers Kevin
> 
> IT Technician Minsthorpe Community
> 
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