Re: apache suexec, non-standard docroot

["R.M. Evers" <debian@hbh-it.nl>]

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 13:56, Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, R.M. Evers wrote:
> 
> > dear list,
> >
> > today i wanted to enable apache's suexec mechanism on one of our debian
> > woody webservers, so that our customers can use cgi more securely. but
> > in my infinite wisdom, i created all user accounts under /home/domains,
> > instead of /var/www.. this means that, when suexec is enabled for a
> > vhost, running a cgi script will result in an internal server error
> > since debian's apache is configured with "--suexec-docroot=/var/www".
> > changing my configuration to conform to this standard is way too much
> > work. and i really, really don't want to recompile apache..
> >
> > so, does anyone know of a way to use suexec with a non-standard docroot
> > for vhosts? or is this just simply impossible?
> >
> 
> You need to recompile suexec with proper patching. There is no other way
> around it other than changing your setup.
> 
> Fabio

fabio,

thanks for your speedy reply. so it's possible to only recompile
suexec? or do you mean i have to recompile apache with proper
patching?

kind regards,
-rodi