[johnca]

I got this error message, which looks to me like it wants my cgi directory to be 777 (yes, it's CGI-Executables on Mac OS X, the 'cgi' is the result of a ScriptAlias directive in Apache's httpd.conf file) to be 777. But that's a security risk, right? Any help gratefully accepted.

CGI ERROR
==========================================
Error Message : unable to open: /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/ojaccess.db.
Reason: Permission denied
Script Location : /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/oj.cgi
Perl Version : 5.006
Setup File : default.cfg

Form Variables
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auth : newpass
password : test
pw : test
userid : johnca
username : johnca
verify : test

Environment Variables
-------------------------------------------
CONTENT_LENGTH : 54
CONTENT_TYPE : application/x-www-form-urlencoded
DOCUMENT_ROOT : /Library/WebServer/Documents
GATEWAY_INTERFACE : CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT : image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, image/xbm, image/png, text/html, text/plain, */*
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE: en
HTTP_HOST : 192.168.0.9
HTTP_REFERER : http://192.168.0.9/cgi/oj.cgi
HTTP_USER_AGENT : iCab/2.5.1 (Macintosh; I; PPC)
PATH : /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/libexec:/System/Library/CoreServices
QUERY_STRING :
REMOTE_ADDR : 192.168.0.9
REMOTE_PORT : 51165
REQUEST_METHOD : POST
REQUEST_URI : /cgi/oj.cgi
SCRIPT_FILENAME : /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/oj.cgi
SCRIPT_NAME : /cgi/oj.cgi
SERVER_ADDR : 192.168.0.13
SERVER_ADMIN : admin@ourpla.net
SERVER_NAME : 127.0.0.1
SERVER_PORT : 80
SERVER_PROTOCOL : HTTP/1.0
SERVER_SIGNATURE : Apache/1.3.14 Server at 127.0.0.1 Port 80

SERVER_SOFTWARE : Apache/1.3.14 (Darwin)

[DocJohn]

No, it depends on the system. On a Linux box, for instance, I can chmod just the file and it'll work just fine (I don't need to open up the directory with 777). So it all depends on the type of system you're running it on. Both 755 or 775 on the cgi-bin work fine for me.

This is the problem with trying to write a script... ya just never know what you're going to be confronted with when people go to install it!

John