On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 11:47, zentara wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:10:32 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >#!/usr/bin/perl -w
> >use strict;
> >BEGIN{open(STDERR, ">./err.txt")}
> >print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
> >foreach my $key (sort keys %ENV) {
> > print "\$ENV{$key} = $ENV{$key}<br/>\n";
> >}
> >
> >None of my scripts are functioning on my new server. The BEGIN statement
> >doesn't write err.txt
> >But it does function from a shell. I also changed the code thinking it was a
> >header problem. But it does not function either.
> >#!/usr/bin/perl -w
> >use strict;
> >BEGIN{open(STDERR, ">./err.txt")}
> >use CGI;
> >my$q = CGI::new();
> >print $q->header;
> >foreach my $key (sort keys %ENV) {
> > print "\$ENV{$key} = $ENV{$key}<br/>\n";
> >}
> >
> >The permissions are set to 0755. I thought maybe the .pl extention wasn't
> >recognized so I changed it to cgi, No such luck.
> >I'm out of my bag of tricks. My provider isn't responding to my emails. I'm
> >guessing apache isn't configured right.
>
> Your apache is probably set up to run as nobody::nogroup, or some
> similar lowest permission user::group.
>
> So your directory has to be "world-writable" for apache to write to it,
> or 777. It runs from the shell, because you are logged in as a user,
> and 755 will work.
Setting anything world writable is dangerous. Remember to take proper
precautions, like making the directory inaccessible through apache,
and/or throw it in a database instead.
-Dan
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