In just checked the httpd.conf file and, yes, the user/group is set to www/www. So I need to change it to what?
Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Delacour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:23 AM Subject: Re: File write/read problem > On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 10:44 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > OK, that makes perfect sense, but it is not working here. Here is a > > basic script which, when run, should create a new file called > > example.txt because it is not there when the open statement is used. > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > > > print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; > > > > print "Creating new file..."; > > > > my $newtext = "newtext from old"; > > > > open (USER,"> example.txt"); > > print USER $newtext; > > close USER; > > > > exit; > > > > As you've said, it should create the file in the same directory, in > > this case the cgi-bin, as the script (which is called write.cgi). I > > run the call the script from the browser and the script runs fine, > > except, no file is created. I added a "|| die ($!)" at the file open > > call and add the CGI::CARP qw(fatalToBowser) at the top and get the > > following. > > > > Permission denied at /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/write.cgi > > > > All the permissions for each of these directories are 755. Something > > is a miss. So what can I do?! I'm very confused. > > Who owns the directories? The Web server runs as user www (unless > you're not running the stock httpd). That's probably your problem. > > HTH, > > Paul. > > -- > Paul Hoffman :: Taubman Medical Library :: Univ. of Michigan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: http://www.nkuitse.com/ >
