Re: cgi-bin directory under home/user/public_html

["Jason Lim" <maillist@jasonlim.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com>
To: "DEBIAN debian-isp" <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
Sent: 15 July, 2003 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: cgi-bin directory under home/user/public_html


> Jason Lim wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Nestor R. Mazza" <asd-vtas@movi.com.ar>
> > To: "DEBIAN debian-isp" <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
> > Sent: 13 July, 2003 11:06 PM
> > Subject: cgi-bin directory under home/user/public_html
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > My server is ....
> > Debian Woody 3.0r1
> > Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) Debian GNU/Linux PHP/4.1.2 mod_perl/1.26
> >
> > All the scripts works fine under original directories but now I want
to
> > put the user's scripts under /home/user/public_html/cgi-bin ...
> >
> > At first I put ....  /home/bodegonweb/public_html/cgi-bin/test-cgi
the
> > same script that works fine under /usr/lib/cgi-bin
> >
> > I have red the Apache Documentation but until today I couldn't get to
> > works fine ...
> >
> > Apache documentation says ....
> >
> > There are many ways to give each user directory a cgi-bin directory
such
> > that anything requested as http://example.com/~user/cgi-bin/program
will
> > be executed as a CGI script. Two alternatives are:
> >
> >   1.. Place the cgi-bin directory next to the public_html directory:
> >     ScriptAliasMatch ^/~([^/]*)/cgi-bin/(.*) /home/$1/cgi-bin/$2
> >   2.. Place the cgi-bin directory underneath the public_html
directory:
> >     <Directory /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin>
> >         Options ExecCGI
> >         SetHandler cgi-script
> >     </Directory>
> > If you are using suexec, the first technique will not work because CGI
> > scripts must be stored under the public_html directory.
> >
> > I have used the second option under the virtualhost of the user ....
> >
> > #
> > # Dominio bodegonweb.com.ar
> > #
> >
> > <VirtualHost 200.68.76.51>
> >     ServerAdmin webmaster@asdgroup.com.ar
> >     ServerName www.bodegonweb.com.ar
> >     DocumentRoot /home/bodegonweb/public_html
> >   <Directory /home/bodegonweb/public_html/cgi-bin>
> >     Options ExecCGI
> >     SetHandler cgi-script
> >   </Directory>
> >
> > #    ErrorLog logs/host.some_domain.com-error.log
> > #    CustomLog logs/host.some_domain.com-access.log common
> > </VirtualHost>
> >
> >
> > ======================
> > Unfortunately, if you want to use suexec, you'll need to recompile it
to
> > allow /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin/ otherwise it won't run.
> >
> Really?  I have found that Woody's apache-perl package does this fine
> "out of the box".  Unless I'm really missing something.
>
> Nestor, give us some error log output to go on, please.


I agree... some error log output would help, but regarding apache-perl or
mod_perl, it actually runs under the Apache user/group id.... unless there
is something really new I don't know about. Are you absolutely sure that
the scripts you run, are run as the user's own user and group ID, and not
the Apache one?

Jas