On Sat, 5 May 2001, Joshua Slive wrote: > 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?
Yes, we automatically use mod_cgid if a threaded MPM is chosen. > > > - 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. Yeah. Ryan _______________________________________________________________________________ Ryan Bloom [EMAIL PROTECTED] 406 29th St. San Francisco, CA 94131 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
