RE: [cobalt-users] 777 directories for cgi-scripts [RaQ4]

[Sales - Way to the Web <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Christopher,

> What am I missing, or what is it that I don't know about cgi scripts
> having permission to write files to a world writable directory in the
> virtual domain root, such as web/cgi-bin/data/textfile.txt .... why
> can't it write to the data directory set to 777 (or anything else)

Just to check, are you using the *full* path to the text file?

Most problems I've seen people having on their RaQs with scripts (and
complaining about CGIWrap) is because they're not using the full paths, only
from their webdirectory. You must use:

/home/sites/siteXXX/web/cgi-bin/data/

where XXX equals their site (group) number, or replace siteXXX with the FQDN
(Fully Qualified Domain Name).

If you still have no joy, feel free to email me offlist and I'd be happy to
check it out for you.

Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson

Way to the Web Ltd
Commercial CGI Scripting, Web Hosting
http://www.waytotheweb.com