Re: [cobalt-developers] Cannot use chown() on RAQ3 ?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dht@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> I'm trying to write a script to setup some extra programs for new clients
> (like guestbook, forum, file manager ...) in one click.
> 
> However, I cannot change file permission for client programs!  If I run
> setup script as root, CgiWrap refuse to excute.  If I run setup srcript as
> admin, I cannot use chown() !
> 
> I tried with both Perl and PHP cgi .  Is there a solution for this problem ?

One I can think of is to run your perl/php program without cgiwrap. 
Rather than removing cgiwrap altogether, I'd just  set up a new file
type and file handler.

You are aware of all the security issues, right?

Jeff
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