ownership problems

[brad gray <brad@partnersoft.com>]

Hello,

    I'm launching a python script via CGI to do a couple of pretty
strange things.  One of which is to do a CVS 'update' and then a 'make'
and redirect the standard output/error back to the browser.  The problem
is that 'www-data' doesn't have permission to update through CVS.
    I have already chmod ug+xs the script.  Using perl or a shell script
I can get the effective user id correct,  but under python i can't get
it to work.  Is there some strange security switch I should be flipping?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

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Brad Gray                                      brad@partnersoft.com
Software Developer
Partner Software, Inc.                   http://www.partnersoft.com