Users in Apache

[Doug Laidlaw]

I have never been able to run cgi-bin FROM THE CGI-BIN DIRECTORY in Apache
on Mandrake, but easily under Knoppix Debian.

It may be a permission problem. What is the standard file owner and group
for Apache? I have seen references to "apache.apache" and to
"nobody.nogroup" Mandrake seems to set all files in the www and cgi-bin
directories as owned by user and group root.

TIA,

Doug.
--
Registered Linux User No. 277548.
They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place. My typing is
about as accurate. Apologies for any typos that slip in. - Doug.

[Jeff Howard]

Strange. Are you sure your directives are right?
# Used in within <Virtualhost>
# cgi-bin should be 755
ScriptAlias cgi-bin /some/path/cgi-bin

This has always worked for me.
As far user.group of Apache. nobody.nobody or apache.apache
is just fine.


"Doug Laidlaw" <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au> wrote in message
news:62j531-3p3.ln1@dougshost.mydomain.org.au...

> I have never been able to run cgi-bin FROM THE CGI-BIN DIRECTORY in Apache
> on Mandrake, but easily under Knoppix Debian.
>
> It may be a permission problem. What is the standard file owner and group
> for Apache? I have seen references to "apache.apache" and to
> "nobody.nogroup" Mandrake seems to set all files in the www and cgi-bin
> directories as owned by user and group root.
>
> TIA,
>
> Doug.
> --
> Registered Linux User No. 277548.
> They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place. My typing is
> about as accurate. Apologies for any typos that slip in. - Doug.

[Doug Laidlaw]

Thanks Jeff. In commonhttpd.conf I have:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /var/www/cgi-bin/
ScriptAlias /protected-cgi-bin/ /var/www/protected-cgi-bin/

<Directory /var/www/cgi-bin>
AllowOverride All
Options ExecCGI
</Directory>

The directory /var/www/cgi-bin has permissions 755 and is owned by user and
group apache.

There is no mention of virtualhost in the conf file. Suexec is enabled.

Doug.
--
Registered Linux User No. 277548.
They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place. My typing is
about as accurate. Apologies for any typos that slip in. - Doug.
Jeff Howard wrote:

> Strange. Are you sure your directives are right?
> # Used in within <Virtualhost>
> # cgi-bin should be 755
> ScriptAlias cgi-bin /some/path/cgi-bin
>
> This has always worked for me.
> As far user.group of Apache. nobody.nobody or apache.apache
> is just fine.
>
>
> "Doug Laidlaw" <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au> wrote in message
> news:62j531-3p3.ln1@dougshost.mydomain.org.au...

>> I have never been able to run cgi-bin FROM THE CGI-BIN DIRECTORY in
>> Apache on Mandrake, but easily under Knoppix Debian.
>>
>> It may be a permission problem. What is the standard file owner and
>> group
>> for Apache? I have seen references to "apache.apache" and to
>> "nobody.nogroup" Mandrake seems to set all files in the www and cgi-bin
>> directories as owned by user and group root.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Doug.