[olug] Running Perl in a user directory

[Jon]

I beleive apache runs as nobody for scripts to prevent problems.  You can change that in httpd.conf file to a regular user and you would have all the permissions they do.  Just remember if you can run it so can anyone with a web browser.

-Jon W

On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 04:45:20PM -0600, Brian Roberson wrote:
> turn on ExecCGI in that directory.
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> From: "Mike Peterson" <mpeterson at mail.charlesfurniture.com>
> To: <olug at bstc.net>
> Cc: "Matt Payne" <Payne at ACM.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:08 PM
> Subject: [olug] Running Perl in a user directory
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> Has anyone come across a how to or cheat sheet for setting up a user to be
> able to run .pl scripts from within user space instead of from within
> cgi-bin or in addition to the normal cgi-bin area?
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