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Re: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php4 ?



On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 05:03:16AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> On Fre, 2002-11-01 at 04:34, iudicium ferat wrote:
> > Was looking over a new server install and I see:
> > 
> > php4-cgi for DEBIAN
> > ----------------------
> > 
> > This package contains both runtime and cgi versions of php4.
> > 
> > php4-cgi and apache
> > -------------------
> > 
> > If you want to use php4-cgi in apache
> > 1) activate mod_action
> > 2) add
> > Action application/x-httpd-php /cgi-bin/php4
> >     into apache config file
> > 
> > Problem with php4-cgi
> > ---------------------
> > 
> > Q: PHP Fatal error:  Unable to start session mm module in Unknown 
> > on line 0
> > 
> > A: Remove /tmp/session_mm.sem or give access permission to the user 
> > running php4.
> > 
> > 
> > Wouldn't having the php4 binary in the CGI-BIN be as dangerous as 
> > having the Perl binary there ?
> > What be the advantage of having enabled php4-cgi anyway?
> 
> php in cgi mode is used by isp's for reasons like a crash in php in
> php-cgi mode does not chrashes the web-server, and some others.

It's also used for non-apache web servers that want to serve php.

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