Re: [cobalt-developers] Using CGI w/ Frontpage Ext.

["Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm trying to upload and chmod cgi files on an account that has Frontpage
> Extensions on it and I keep on getting Permission Denied error messages.
> Any suggestions or ways to get around this on a Raq3?

First, your message is probably more appropriate for the cobalt-users
mailing list.  This list is really for people making modifications to their
servers.

If you use FrontPage your files will be owned by httpd:sitenum.  If you try
to access those files via FTP you will be denied.  FTP and FrontPage don't
really mix.  The best solution is to create a new directory within the site
(like "cgi") and only access it from FTP so the files don't become owned by
httpd.

You weren't very clear, but if you're getting the errors when you execute
the the files you uploaded it's b/c cgiwrap requires that cgi programs be
owned by a valid system user (not root or httpd).  So change the ownership.

Steven Werby {steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx}