----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith G. Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DEBIAN debian-isp" <[email protected]> Sent: 15 July, 2003 12:41 AM Subject: Re: cgi-bin directory under home/user/public_html
> Jason Lim wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nestor R. Mazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "DEBIAN debian-isp" <[email protected]> > > Sent: 13 July, 2003 11:06 PM > > Subject: cgi-bin directory under home/user/public_html > > > > > > Hi > > > > My server is .... > > Debian Woody 3.0r1 > > Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) Debian GNU/Linux PHP/4.1.2 mod_perl/1.26 > > > > All the scripts works fine under original directories but now I want to > > put the user's scripts under /home/user/public_html/cgi-bin ... > > > > At first I put .... /home/bodegonweb/public_html/cgi-bin/test-cgi the > > same script that works fine under /usr/lib/cgi-bin > > > > I have red the Apache Documentation but until today I couldn't get to > > works fine ... > > > > Apache documentation says .... > > > > There are many ways to give each user directory a cgi-bin directory such > > that anything requested as http://example.com/~user/cgi-bin/program will > > be executed as a CGI script. Two alternatives are: > > > > 1.. Place the cgi-bin directory next to the public_html directory: > > ScriptAliasMatch ^/~([^/]*)/cgi-bin/(.*) /home/$1/cgi-bin/$2 > > 2.. Place the cgi-bin directory underneath the public_html directory: > > <Directory /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin> > > Options ExecCGI > > SetHandler cgi-script > > </Directory> > > If you are using suexec, the first technique will not work because CGI > > scripts must be stored under the public_html directory. > > > > I have used the second option under the virtualhost of the user .... > > > > # > > # Dominio bodegonweb.com.ar > > # > > > > <VirtualHost 200.68.76.51> > > ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ServerName www.bodegonweb.com.ar > > DocumentRoot /home/bodegonweb/public_html > > <Directory /home/bodegonweb/public_html/cgi-bin> > > Options ExecCGI > > SetHandler cgi-script > > </Directory> > > > > # ErrorLog logs/host.some_domain.com-error.log > > # CustomLog logs/host.some_domain.com-access.log common > > </VirtualHost> > > > > > > ====================== > > Unfortunately, if you want to use suexec, you'll need to recompile it to > > allow /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin/ otherwise it won't run. > > > Really? I have found that Woody's apache-perl package does this fine > "out of the box". Unless I'm really missing something. > > Nestor, give us some error log output to go on, please. I agree... some error log output would help, but regarding apache-perl or mod_perl, it actually runs under the Apache user/group id.... unless there is something really new I don't know about. Are you absolutely sure that the scripts you run, are run as the user's own user and group ID, and not the Apache one? Jas
