Victor Subervi wrote: > Hi; > I have a script that is called via the web. This script writes another > script that is also called by the web, which in turn needs to have > execution privileges. The problem is that the programmatically created > file is owned by apache.apache and thus doesn't have execution > privileges. I've tried os.chown(...) but this throws an OSError. I > understand that chown'ing programmatically opens a big security hole. > However, setting the gid to give apache execution privileges isn't any > better. What do you suggest?
I suggest you find a way to achieve whatever it is you are trying to achieve without having to execute programmatically created scripts. What is the underlying problem you're trying to solve with this approach? -Carsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
