On Sat, 5 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > - Under what circumstances is mod_cgid used and when is mod_cgi > > used? > > Mod_cgid should be used whenever you are using a threaded MPM on Unix. > The reason for the module, is that Unix platforms historically are really > bad at forking threaded processes. They tend to create all the threads, > then kill off all but one in the new process. The IPC is less expensive > than this horribly inefficient forking.
Sorry, my questions wasn't worded correctly. What I wanted to know is, in the current build system, is mod_cgid automatically chosen over mod_cgi if and only if a threaded mpm is used or is there some other algorithm? > > > - Are there any security concerns related to the value of ScriptSock? > > (ie. Should we warn against placing it in a non-root writable > > directory?) > > The ScriptSock should be placed in a non-root writable directory. That > socket is used to communicate with the CGI daemon process, so there are > definately security concerns around using it. > I'm guessing you mean to say that Scriptsock should NOT be placed in a directory where non-root users can write. Thanks for the info. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
