From: Rafala, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: CGI Script permissions to call scripts on another server
I've got a CGI network permissions problem I've got to solve, and I'm wondering if I can do it from within my CGI script (or any other way):
A Perl CGI script (Win32/Apache) calls a .bat file. I've tried putting the .bat file in various places:
-- This works fine if the .bat file is in the same folder as the cgi script:
system( 'test.bat' );
-- This works fine too (c:\ is the root of the host machine):
system( 'c:\myfolder\test.bat' );
-- But this doesn't work:
system( '//AnotherServer/myfolder/test.bat' );
The apache error log shows a "permission denied" message for the client IP address (the ip of the person making the cgi call).
When I change permissions on //AnotherServer/myfolder to include "Everyone", the batch file runs.
The problem is, my systems administrator won't be thrilled to see that "Everyone" group there. Is there a way to have my CGI script log on as a specific user (with permissions) before making the system() call? Or some other solution?
Setting an Apache ScriptAlias doesn't seem to help.
I'm afraid I'm not much of a network guy, so I hope this makes sense.
Michael Rafala
Cadmus Professional Communications
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410-691-6445
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