Re: Apache suEXEC Question

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@wcug.wwu.edu>]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, A.Sleep wrote:

> > Look at your error and suexec logs. Maybe at /var/log/apache/suexec.log or
> > /var/log/apache/cgi.log.
> 
> I forgot all about the suexec log... thanks, that's quite helpfull.
> 
> > Also, have you changed your suexec document root to cover /home? (By
> > default it covers /var/www.)
> 
> Actually no I didn't. AAMOF I didn't think I needed to... I'm running the
> box's domain (simple pages and mrtg output) out of /var/www so I left the
> docroot as it was. Would that make a differance?

Your suexec log will tell you.

It will make a difference if your new CGIs are under /home.

/*
 * DOC_ROOT -- Define as the DocumentRoot set for Apache.  This
 *             will be the only hierarchy (aside from UserDirs)
 *             that can be used for suEXEC behavior.
 */
#ifndef DOC_ROOT
#define DOC_ROOT "/var/www"
#endif

  Jeremy C. Reed
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