[cobalt-users] Secure Server, Directory aliasing and CGI

["Michael Combe" <mcombe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's the problem:  We have a secure URL (secure.domain.com) that other
virtual sites on our RaQ3 can use.  We have set up symbolic links in the web
directory of the secure.domain.com directory that will go to the web
directory of the referring site.  Site1.com can then go secure by going to
the url secure.domain.com/site1.

We primarily did this so those e-commerce sites using Miva Merchant can use
our secure server with their shopping carts.

The problem came when someone wanted to use a different shopping cart (not
Miva).  One that uses CGI scripts.  Now when he tries to run his script
securely, he gets a cgiwrap error, user not privileged.  I can understand
the reason for this because obviously the owner of the cgi script is not
going to be the site administrator for the secure site.  So I can see why
this error would occur.

My question is how to get around this in this instance.  Is there a way to
specify privileges for cgiwrapper?

Michael Combe