Go for CGIWrap. > CGIWrap is a gateway program that allows general users to > use CGIscripts and HTML forms without compromising the > security of the http server. Scripts are run with the > permissions of the user who owns the script. In addition, > several security checks are performed on the script, > which will not be executed if any checks fail
http://cgiwrap.unixtools.org/ Cheers, Marcel Jason Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4 Jan 2002, at 6:04: > While I've never run things from > /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin/somethinghere.cgi, > we've always had to recompile suexec to get things working. > > suexec has hard-compiled in the allowed directory, so you'd > need to recompile that to get some other directory to work. > > I suggest you try that. > > Sincerely, > Jason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Elder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Marcel Hicking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org> > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 5:36 AM > Subject: Re: Apache cgi-bin for users > > > > Thanks Marcel, > > > > Let me restate what it was I was asking just to clarify my > > situation. If anyone has any input, by all means annie up. > > > > What I am trying to do is setup the server so users in > > /home/*/ can execute CGI programs on their personal web > > pages on this particular > machine. I found a reference in the apache admin guide I > have and the apache site which say to put the following in > the httpd.conf: > > <Directory /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin> > > Options ExecCGI > Addhandler cgi-script .cgi .pl > > </Directory> > > I have done that, but I still cannot make > the following work: > > > http://yourdomain.com/~username/cgi-bin/test.cgi > > When > this page is run, I get "premature end of headers" in the > error.log > file. I thought this would be fairly simple but > it is turning out to be > a headache. > > Anything else I > can try? > > Keith > > > * Marcel Hicking > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > From: "Marcel Hicking" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org > > > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:08:32 +0100 > > Subject: Re: Apache > cgi-bin for users > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) > > > > > ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /path/to/customers/cgi-bin/ > > > > > See > > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias > > > > > Please make really(!) sure what security > implications it > > has to allow not trustworthy people > (customers ;-) to run > > programms on _your_ server. Hint: > Look for cgi-wrap and > > changeroot. > > > > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/misc/security_tips.html > > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/suexec.html > > or better > > > http://wwwcgi.umr.edu/~cgiwrap/ > > > > Cheers, > > > Marcel > > > > > > Keith Elder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 31 Dec > 2001, at 17:31: > > > > > Greetings and Happy New Year! > > > > > > > I am trying to enable cgi-bin on user directories. > I found > > > the following lines on the apache.org site, > put them in, but > > > they didn't work: > > > > > > > <Directory /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin> > > > Options > ExecCGI > > > SetHandler cgi-script > > > </Directory> > > > > > > > > > > Any other suggestions as to how to setup > cgi-bin directories > > > for user accounts? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Keith > > > > > > > ####################################################### > > > > Keith Elder > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Phone: > 1-734-507-1438 > > > Text Messaging (145 characters): > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Web: http://www.zorka.com (Howto's, > News, and hosting!) > > > > > > "With enough memory and > hard drive space > > > anything in life is > possible!" > > > > ####################################################### > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of > "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > > __ > > > .´ `. > > : :' ! Enjoy > > `. `´ Debian/GNU Linux > > > `- > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of > "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ####################################################### > > Keith Elder > Email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 1-734-507-1438 > > Text Messaging (145 characters): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: > http://www.zorka.com (Howto's, News, and hosting!) > > > "With enough memory and hard drive space > > anything in life is possible!" > > ####################################################### > > http://www.zentek-international.com -- __ .´ `. : :' ! Enjoy `. `´ Debian/GNU Linux `-
