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

["Michael" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, makes sense...  The files were uploaded by Frontpage originally and I
was trying to delete them or chmod them using FTP.

Thanks for the help..

Michael


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Werby" <steven-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Using CGI w/ Frontpage Ext.


> 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}
>
>
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