Thanks Bob. No apology needed! This is good clarification for me. Like Solomon said: As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.

Phil


On 8/9/11 9:41 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
Phil, pardon me if you know this, but sudo wants the password to the admin 
account you are presently using in the shell, not the root password itself. 
Also, make sure SSH is enabled on the server. Sorry if I am telling you things 
you already know.

I have to believe there is a shell command for creating a symbolic link. Don't 
give up too soon.

Bob


On Aug 8, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Phil Davis wrote:

Never mind. I have experimented with it enough now so I believe it's not 
workable even if it is possible (which I have not proven). I'll find another 
way.

Phil



On 8/8/11 6:59 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
Hi all,

I am building a server app with LC and would like it to create an alias (symbolic link) on 
the server, in a folder that is among those known to Apache on the server (don't know if 
that makes any difference). I tried LC 'create alias' and a shell(ln -s<source>  
<target>) without success. Then I added 'sudo' (with an echoed password) to the shell 
script, but the 'ln' output tells me I'm not using the correct password. Of course I'm 
using the only password I ever gave anything on the server.

I'm not sure what to try next. Does anyone have any ideas?

My tactical goal is to 'put' an existing web page from a CGI, where the page 
contains relative links to images etc that are actually in folders outside the 
reach of the web server. If I can automate the creation of a symbolic link in 
the folder where the CGI resides, I believe I can get there.

My strategic goal is to serve various sets of web pages only to those who are 
authorized - whose sign-in info has been validated. Maybe there is a better 
tactic to get me there?

Thanks for any ideas.
--
Phil Davis

PDS Labs
Professional Software Development
http://pdslabs.net


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