[thelist] OS X permissions problem

[robert at netologies.com]

Mark, if you haven't checked it out yet, O'Reilly has a series going on
that deals with the ends and outs Apache on Mac OS X.  Part 2 deals with
the nuances of CGI.  Below you will find the link:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/apache_two.html

Hope this helps!

Robert

On Saturday, April 27, 2002, at 11:03 PM, Mark S Lowe wrote:

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> I’m running OS X 10.1.4 using Apache and I’m trying to migrate my Sun
> Perl
> Scripts to my local machine so that I may work at home. The problem I’m
> having is getting OS X to allow my CGI’s to have write permission on
> directories and files as I do on my Sun box. I’ve created user / group
> called httpd. I’ve attached the user httpd to the group httpd. I’m only
> allowing a single directory to be written to by my CGI’s. I’ve modified
> my
> httpd.conf file to run the Apache server as httpd for both user and
> group.
> I’ve granted a full 777 to the directory in question and assigned the
> group
> and user as httpd, and yet my CGI fails to write to my local hard drive
> as
> it does on my ISP’s box. I’ve worked very closely with the founder of
> my ISP
> to ensure that my configuration files and permission settings are the
> same
> as his, and nothing is working.
>
> Has anyone done this successfully in OS X?
>
> Right now, the only anomaly is OS X.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Mark
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