Re: [Sheflug] Web server Miracles

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 10:43, Rob Keeling wrote:
> How do plusnet (or other isp`s) do their scripting support?

Allow me to hawk my own website again:

http://www.alexhudson.com/documents/plusnet-cgi-faq/password-security

> I am really trying to hide mysql database userid`s/passwords in scripting.

Suid scripts are probably the way forward then, but they're a bugger to
setup AFAIK. Also, it relies on each person having their own shell
account (but you say they do anyway, so...). 

You could follow a suggestion as outlined in my doco above as a half-way
house, it should fit your requirements, and if you provide a standard
system for everyone to use it shouldn't be hard to maintain.

Cheers,

Alex.


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