I've installed Apache/2.2.9 on a Debian Embedded Linux system. On this embedded
system I've compiled C programs to *binary* cgi scripts. These scripts are
copied to the /var/www/cgi-bin directory and changed rights to 755. The scripts
address IO-pins on the embedded system and for that reason the scripts need to
be executed as root and not as the Apache www-data user.
The apache2.conf file contains the lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin /var/www/cgi-bin/
<Directory /var/www/cgi-bin/>
Options ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
If I run the scripts as root in the /var/www/cgi-bin directory all is fine. But
when trying to run the scripts using Apache via a web page nothing happens.
This is because the scripts are run as www-data user and the www-data user is
not allowed to perform these actions. Suexec doesn't work either because suexec
expects ascii written cgi/php/pl script.
What do I need to change to be able to execute the binary cgi scripts as root?
And yes I'm awear of possible security issues.
Regards.
