Myf White wrote: > I've never done much in the way of cgi scripts before, and am just getting > started with it. I have encountered what seems to be a permissions problem, > which I can't work out how to solve. I'm hoping someone can help me. > > I have a very simple test case: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > use strict; > use warnings; > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; > print "<html><head></head><body>\n"; > open my $f, '>', 'test.txt' or print "$!\n"; > > When I run this script on the server: > test.cgi, the test.txt file is > created. However when I use a browser as a client to execute the script, it > prints the $! OS_ERROR "Permission denied" and the test.txt file is not > created. > > The script has the permissions mask: '-rwxr-xr-x' and the directory has the > permissions mask 'drwxr-xr-x'. > > Myf White > mailto:myfwh...@gmail.com > > “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile > can be the source of your joy." Thich Nhat Hanh >
The directory's permissions must be writable to create new files. Apparently it is not to your web server. It is considered a security breach to have the directory that contains your CGIs writable. Consider putting the files in a subdirectory not accessible via the web. Also, consider using CGI.pm It is a standard module that comes with Perl. See `perldoc CGI` or http://perldoc.perl.org/CGI.html -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. I like Perl; it's the only language where you can bless your thingy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
