Ah, you're talking about running setuid programs. This can be a tricky issue, as there are some operating systems that can't securely run setuid scripts.
On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 06:04:49AM +0200, Henk-Jan wrote: > 2. Your openwebmail scripts may have wrong owner or mode. > The permission of > > openwebmail.pl, openwebmail-main.pl, > openwebmail-read.pl, openwebmail-viewatt.pl, > openwebmail-send.pl, openwebmail-spell.pl, > openwebmail-prefs.pl, openwebmail-folder.pl and checkmail.pl > > should be > > mode=4555 > owner=root > group=mail Have you checked this? > 3. Your perl may be compiled with suid ability disabled. Did you compile Perl yourself, or install from a vendor-provided package? If the latter, does the vendor provide a package for setuid perl? > c. Or use uty/suidwrap.pl to generate C wrappers for all suid scripts. > Here are the steps: > 1. cd cgi-bin/openwebmail > 2. perl uty/wrapsuid.pl /fullpath/cgi-bin/openwebmail You can also try this, avoiding the setuid perl altogether. Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
