[cobalt-users] RE: CGI-BIN chmod 711 and a slurpee with that...

["Nicolae" <nicolaep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Message: 3
> From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] cgi-bin on an XTR
> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:51:36 -0500
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> On Mon, 01 Apr 2002, Mark Middleton wrote:
> > I've searched the archives, and understand that the RAQs 
> allow you to 
> > run cgi scripts anywhere, and to just create a folder called 
> > "cgi-bin". However, now this folder is browse-able.
> > 
> 
> chmod the cgi-bin 711
> and chmod the cgi-files 711
> They can execute them BUT they can't read em.

Unless you hit scripts and such that want 755 access or 777 and
you get scripts that also want 777 sub-directories in your cgi-bin.

For me sometimes when I hit that I get frustrated and I do a
chmod -R 644 or 711 or other than go back and re-read the script
required installation notes and do more chmod from there..

Like I like to run IkonBoard as a message forum. It's nice
they have mySQL version now.  I also run another Thumbnailer
script for image/gallery display. 

That is beside the subject but I noticed the more junk
you have in your cgi-bin the harder is to keep track of things
and it's gets scary what you can and can't delete.

I was at the point where I was doing web sites for people
and was too lazy to design their own custom FormMail.*
or Mailer to handle forms and it was much easier
to goto mine and pico, add their domain/ip and let them use
mine.  Always updated, always secure just more load.

Than the time comes you move servers around and you get 
called from friends and such, "Hei the form is not working!"

Is that off topic? Sorry if it is so...

P.S. I look forward to that 3.0 Raq4 Update :)

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Nicolae