Re: Executing pdflatex via CGI script

2004-10-18 Thread Jan Eden
Hi Gunnar, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote on 17.10.2004: Jan Eden wrote: The script manages to write data to my output file if I created it first and chmodded it to 666, but fails otherwise. This is because the script is run by the web user, of course. Is there a more or less secure way to allow the

Files -read write - an epiphany and question

2004-10-18 Thread Luinrandir Hernsen
I have been studying W/R to files... W/R to a string and to an array. and I must say I think I have it. I can read a file into an array IF i wrote the file using \n between vars, yes and I can read the entire file into a string (to later be split) by using delimiters like ,yes??? I

Re: getting files from the internet

2004-10-18 Thread Jeff Herbeck
This is the only log file that had been modified after I tried to run the script. It was access_log 192.168.1.200 - - [18/Oct/2004:07:36:06 -0500] GET /cgi-bin/test/test.cgi HTTP/1.1 401 1248 - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 - -

Re: Files -read write - an epiphany and question

2004-10-18 Thread Wiggins d Anconia
This doesn't have anything to do with CGI so would be better directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead I have been studying W/R to files... W/R to a string and to an array. and I must say I think I have it. I can read a file into an array IF i wrote the file using \n between vars, yes

perl.beginners.cgi Weekly list FAQ posting

2004-10-18 Thread casey
NAME beginners-faq - FAQ for the beginners-cgi mailing list 1 - Administriva 1.1 - I'm not subscribed - how do I subscribe? Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can also specify your subscription email address by sending email to (assuming [EMAIL PROTECTED] is your email

Re: getting files from the internet

2004-10-18 Thread Bill Jones
--- Jeff Herbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 192.168.1.200 - - [18/Oct/2004:07:36:06 -0500] GET /cgi-bin/test/test.cgi HTTP/1.1 401 1248 - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 - - [18/Oct/2004:07:36:11 -0500] GET /arch.doc HTTP/1.1 200 27136 -

Re: getting files from the internet

2004-10-18 Thread Bill Jones
[this is not a question - it is just a small follow-up] This code only gives me 404 File Not found -- which is correct behaviour - #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use HTTP::Response; use LWP::Simple 'getstore'; my $url = 'http://insecurity.org/test.doc'; my $remote_user =

Re: getting files from the internet

2004-10-18 Thread Jeff Herbeck
I have this working now: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use HTTP::Response; use LWP::Simple 'getstore'; my $url = 'http://www.jeffherbeck.com/arch.doc'; my $remote_user = $ENV{REMOTE_USER};# || 'unknown_user'; my $file= 'newfile.txt'; my $response=

Re: getting files from the internet

2004-10-18 Thread Bill Jones
--- Jeff Herbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but the directory it goes to has to be owned by apache. Is there any way it can be made to be owned by the remote user? Dynamically set ownership of an unknown user? Yes - But why would you want to do that? -Sx- = -Sx- seeking employment: