On 24 Feb 2005 at 14:04, Jim wrote: > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Dan Langille wrote: > > > On 24 Feb 2005 at 13:29, Jim wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Georgina Allbrook wrote: > >> > >>> Searching around for a reason why htsearch was not doing what it should > >>> I looked at the datestamp for the htsearch binary. It has not been > >>> updated since the re-install. I removed htsearch and re-installed and > >>> it is now working as expected. > >> > >> For future reference, the path to the config directory is compiled into > >> htsearch for reasons having to do with security. When there is a need to > >> change the location of config files, htsearch should be recompiled with > >> the new path. > > > > So how does the above relate to the -c option on htsearch? > > > > # htsearch -? > > htsearch: invalid option -- ? > > usage: htsearch [-v][-d][-c configfile] [query_string] > > This program is part of ht://Dig 3.2.0b4-011302 > > The -c option will override the compiled-in path, but only from the > command line. This is useful for testing and perhaps for scripting local, > command line based searches, but it is not applicable to calling htsearch > through HTTP. There are ways to get around this restriction, but they > involve either writing wrappers or intentionally bypassing the security > features built into htsearch when compiling the program.
FWIW, I routinely suppy a -c parameter, hardcoded, when accesing it from PHP. That would be the wrapper you mention above. cheers -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ ht://Dig general mailing list: <[email protected]> ht://Dig FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html List information (subscribe/unsubscribe, etc.) https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/htdig-general
