---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 15:34:00 -0700 >From: prad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: cgi with chroot >To: misc@openbsd.org > >i'm using php right now and things are fine. >however, after reading various threads on the (recommended by several people >here) MARC (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc) list, i was curious >about learning some new things like: > >cgi >fastcgi >lighttpd >ruby > >which came up in the discussions. > >i tried to got a ksh script to work after i copied the ksh into /var/www/bin >my understanding is that the chrooted environment doesn't give access to >the /bin/ksh program.
this seems like it could be a security worry, but i'm not qualified to say that with certainty. > >i tried the same thing with python, but kept getting >Internal Server Error on the browser > >and the following in the error_log: >No such file or directory: exec of /htdocs/z/jonpy1.cgi failed >Premature end of script headers: /htdocs/z/jonpy1.cgi > >i tried the same thing with ruby (copied both ruby and erb into /var/www/bin) >and got the same thing again. > >so is there something else i need to do to get cgi working in openbsd's >chrooted environment? > man ldd. it will tell you which, if any, dynamic libraries you need in your chroot. >(also, lighttpd looks really neat and clean, but i don't think it runs >chrooted by default, right? (it's .conf file is in /etc) so to get it to do >that would require understanding just what the chrooted process involves, >which i can find from the web.) > >-- >In friendship, >prad > > ... with you on your journey >Towards Freedom >http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) >Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's
