Tim Igoe wrote: > > Jon Le Miere wrote: > >>Maybe im in dream land (happens often) but I have a number of Gentoo >>machines here that execute PHP scripts via the webserver (apache, >>lighttpd) when marked as read only, is that normal? I remembered a time >>when you tried going to a php script in your browser and it was marked >>as read only (chmoded 400) it would display a 403. >> > > I've never had to have a PHP script +x for it to work through the > webserver, as i udnerstand it the webserver reads teh script and does > whatever it is told to internally with it.
Interesting, so it appears I am insane after all. > Is it possible you were using PHP as a CGI module or something ? I've > never tried so I don't know if it handles it differently No, I havent used that until recently, but I do have a server that runs PHP as CGI and it doesnt need +x either. >>Is this still meant to happen and I have something wrong on all my >>machines? Or do you not need PHP scripts to be executable in order to be >>executed via the webserver? > > > PHP scripts don't need to be +x to run. > > >>If it helps, its php-4.3.11/mod_php-4.3.11 that are involved. >> > > I've never seen it needed, but i've only been using PHP since version > 4.3.0 i think it was Its most likely that I just imagined it or got something mixed up. I only noticed it as I had to disable a script today so I chmod -x the script, tested it and it still worked, so I tried it on all my servers and they all acted the same. Anyway thanks, at least I know the problem was me and not something wrong with my setup. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
