Re: [cobalt-users] executing a root privileged cgi from a web page

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> I have a simple minded cgi that needs to run as root to create user access
> permissions on my MySQL database. I have set it up as root.site# and then
> tried to execute it from a web form. As would be expected (seems to be my
> big problem - permissions, ownership etc) it gives a cgiwrap error saying
> user not privileged. How can I set this up so I can run it and the cgi can
> run as a root user ?
>
Check out
http://www.apache.org/docs/suexec.html
But I don't know if cobalt compiles it in or not.

Zeffie