[thelist] OS X permissions problem

[continuum]

Appreciate the reply!

1. No problems there...keep in mind, this script has been working for years
(8 in fact) on a normal UNIX box.

2. The CGI fires like a charm and even throws the error message without
generating a server error...still no show.

3. I even gave the parent directory 777 to just blast the doors open and it
still doesn't work.

Google leads me to a BUNCH of ridiculously simple tutorials with very little
for the hard core Perl programmer. Everyone out there seems to think that
finding out how to use a chmod command is the most difficult part of setting
up a cgi environment. HA!

=)

On 4/27/02 9:09 PM, "David Kutcher" <david_kutcher at hotmail.com> wrote:

> If you've done a search for CGI and OSX on google groups, you'll notice that
> lots of people have had issues related to this.
>
> Frankly, I hate the way Apple mangled Apache when they made OSXS.  Explain
> to me why there are two CGI folders... and possibly even three locations
> that you can/are supposed to run CGI's from.
>
> Anyway.
>
> 1. It the call properly targeting your CGI file?  Check in the error log to
> make sure that it is finding the file properly.
> 2. Is the CGI given rwx attributes properly?
> 3. Is the directory that the CGI is in given the proper rwx attributes?
>
> I have a feeling that if you verify these three questions you'll have solved
> your problem... I've run into similar with a client of mine that is using
> OSXS.
>
> David
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