[lug-nuts] Re: [Lug-Nuts] Running .cgi scripts (Newbie)

From: Brian Lavender (brian@brie.com)
Date: Sun Nov 21 1999 - 01:19:21 PST


Hubert,

Why don't I email you a copy of the discus stuff, then you can evaluate
how I installed it. I am about to experiment with some other
stuff, and I have about three different web server configs, so that
one is about to go. I can tar it up and email it to you.

brian

On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 02:51:17AM +0000, Hubert Littau wrote:
> Okay, I'm Mr. Desktop/Internet dialup kinda user here, (can you say wannabe?)
> and now I'm
> assigned the evaluation of a messageboard program called "Discus" on my
> localhost . Problem is when I
> run the setup.cgi from the web browser locally I don't have permission to run
> cgi scripts.
> I looked at the Apache docs and they refer to suEXEC, and describe it as
> deliberately a major
> pain to set up for security reasons. Frankly I'm not concerned about security
> on this box.
> I just want to be able to run .cgi's. Any quick n' easy way to get there from
> here?
> Oh yea: Mandrake 6.0 /Intel P I.
> Thanks.
>
> Hubert Littau

-- 
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/
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