Re: Upload dir permissions

2005-04-11 Thread M. Kristall
es for this type of thing. Yes; here is soemthing to get you started -- change server/directpry references as approppriate: Thank you for the example. I am able to upload the image file already. That part I have figured out. What I'm more concerned about is setting appropriate permissions o

Re: Upload dir permissions

2004-11-19 Thread Ed Pigg
On Nov 19, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:29:21 -0600, Ed Pigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I want to make sure that I am taking the site security seriously and don't expose it to threats needlessly. =) You have taken a step into a largewr world. Welcome

Re: Upload dir permissions

2004-11-19 Thread Chasecreek Systemhouse
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:29:21 -0600, Ed Pigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to make sure that I am taking the site security seriously and > don't expose it to threats needlessly. =) You have taken a step into a largewr world. Welcome =) The Internet is not a secure place. Securely creati

Re: Upload dir permissions

2004-11-19 Thread Ed Pigg
pe of thing. Yes; here is soemthing to get you started -- change server/directpry references as approppriate: Thank you for the example. I am able to upload the image file already. That part I have figured out. What I'm more concerned about is setting appropriate permissions on the upload

Re: Upload dir permissions

2004-11-19 Thread Chasecreek Systemhouse
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:50:41 -0600, Ed Pigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to setup a system where users can upload images to a > designated uploads dir. Once the file is successfully uploaded I want Keep account creation and uploads separate functions. > Do I need to make t

Upload dir permissions

2004-11-19 Thread Ed Pigg
e the permissions of the upload dir to world writable in order for this to work. I'm not exposing the development system to the internet, so I can do this now while testing the application, however I want to make sure that I'm not exposing the upload dir or final image dir to mischief. Do I n

Re: tempfile permissions

2004-07-24 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Zentara wrote: Then after the file is successfully created, make sure it is "world-readable".usually mode 755. But most systems are setup with a default filemask set, to create files as mode 644 as default. So after you create your file, do a chmod on it to make sure its 755. $r_file = 'z'; ch

Re: tempfile permissions

2004-07-24 Thread Gunnar Hjalmarsson
at's the file's permissions? (644 required, I suppose.) Btw, exactly where is the file located? -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>

tempfile permissions

2004-07-23 Thread Sean Davis
I am writing a file (created using File::Temp) to a directory in my webserver documents directory. I cannot access it from my script afterwards. It is a graphic created by the script that I then want to display in an html page. Everything works except that I get an error that I don't have ac

RE: OLE Permissions in CGI

2003-12-10 Thread Mike Garner
ut here I'm not. Any Ideas? - Mike Garner Computer Services, WSC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 970.943.3123 (voice) 970.943.7069 (fax) -Original Message- From: Tom Kinzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OLE Permissi

RE: OLE Permissions in CGI

2003-12-10 Thread Tom Kinzer
astSet", 0); ... -Tom Kinzer -Original Message- From: Mike Garner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OLE Permissions in CGI My guess is that this is more of an IIS 6.0 Security issue but I thought I'd ask some PERL

OLE Permissions in CGI

2003-12-10 Thread Mike Garner
My guess is that this is more of an IIS 6.0 Security issue but I thought I'd ask some PERL gurus to look through the PERL first. I've written a script that resets the password for a user in our Active Directory for our help desk folks. The script works fine from several computers and works when

Re: File Permissions

2003-09-07 Thread Todd W.
nt browser. > > > > Again, your problem is not related to perl, so you could get more ( > > better ) > > information in the proper forum. > > > > Todd W. > > > > > > > It is a Perl issue I have. What is happening is that the Perl script is >

Re: File Permissions

2003-09-07 Thread Gavin Laking
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:25:20 + Greenhalgh David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > psuedo > chmod 777 textfile.txt > open textfile.txt for write > write to the textfile.txt > close textfile.txt > chmod 644 textfile.txt > end psuedo Maybe: sysopen('FILE', "./textfil

Re: File Permissions

2003-09-07 Thread Owen
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 17:25:20 + Greenhalgh David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > psuedo > chmod 777 textfile.txt > open textfile.txt for write > write to the textfile.txt > close textfile.txt > chmod 644 textfile.txt > end psuedo well you can try psuedo system("ch

Re: File Permissions

2003-09-07 Thread Greenhalgh David
On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 08:31 AM, Octavian Rasnita wrote: Read: perldoc -f chmod It isn't working. $cnt=chmod 0644 'textfile.txt'; after running, textfile.txt is still -rw-rw-rw- Is this command possible as the WWW user when running the CGI? Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

Re: File Permissions

2003-09-07 Thread Greenhalgh David
On Sunday, September 7, 2003, at 08:31 AM, Octavian Rasnita wrote: Read: perldoc -f chmod Thanks for that, checked it on the web as I didn't get an entry on my local perldoc (which is why I asked here! Is that new to 5.8? I'm on 5.6, the target server is 5.3. Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: File Permissions

2003-09-07 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Read: perldoc -f chmod - Original Message - From: "Greenhalgh David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 9:08 AM Subject: File Permissions > Hi All, > > I have a script which, amazingly, is doing exactly what

Re: File Permissions

2003-09-07 Thread Greenhalgh David
not happy about having the permissions of the text file as allowing write access to the WWW user. What I would like to understand is how to set the permissions (or ownerships) from within the Perl script, so the psuedo code may look something like this: psuedo chmod 777 textfile.txt

Re: File Permissions

2003-09-07 Thread Todd W.
a text file on the server. The text > file itself is used as the input to a Java applet. > > All works fine on my local machine, but on the remote server the applet > bombs out with a file permission error. How do I set the permissions on > an output file, and what permissions shoul

File Permissions

2003-09-06 Thread Greenhalgh David
machine, but on the remote server the applet bombs out with a file permission error. How do I set the permissions on an output file, and what permissions should I use to ensure that a text file stored on the server (in a different directory to the script) can be properly used by the applet? (664

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-27 Thread zentara
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 19:39:58 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Pawley) wrote: >I'm a newbie, so the below is a question: Is this problem of cgi permissions >different when you are just running a perl script from a virtual include - as I am? > >Reading this thread, I did some tes

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-25 Thread Philip Pawley
I'm a newbie, so the below is a question: Is this problem of cgi permissions different when you are just running a perl script from a virtual include - as I am? Reading this thread, I did some tests and changed my script's permissions to 500 and it still works fine. (I first did it

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-25 Thread zentara
ges on >that server will need to be added to that group. > >2. I saw that I need to give read permission also for a script to work, not >only execute permissions. > >The only solution would be to run the Apache server with my user, but I >don't know how to do that. >How

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-24 Thread Todd Wade
d if it will be made > to stay in the same group with me, the other users that have web pages on > that server will need to be added to that group. > > 2. I saw that I need to give read permission also for a script to work, not > only execute permissions. > > The only solution

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-24 Thread Octavian Rasnita
n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 3:24 AM Subject: Re: CGI scripts permissions I assume you are connecting to a database? CGIs should have 500 permission and SHOULD NOT co

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-24 Thread Octavian Rasnita
permission also for a script to work, not only execute permissions. The only solution would be to run the Apache server with my user, but I don't know how to do that. How is this possible? In other cases, the security of CGI scripts is 0. Thank you. Teddy, Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-24 Thread Octavian Rasnita
No, I don't have a problem with the web page visitors but with the other users that have accounts on that server. They could use Telnet or SSH to view the files and directories. They can see all my files if they have 755 permissions. Teddy, Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Ema

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-24 Thread Richard KHOO Guan Chen
. Regards Richard KHOO Guan Chen On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Hello all, > > Please tell me what file permissions should I use for a CGI script. > > I don't want others users from that server to view the content of my scripts > because they contain passwo

RE: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-24 Thread wiggins
ello all, > > Please tell me what file permissions should I use for a CGI script. > > I don't want others users from that server to view the content of my scripts > because they contain passwords for MySQL databases. > If I chmod 755 the scripts, the other users will also be a

Re: CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-24 Thread Rene Verharen
Hi, At 24-12-2002 18:09 +0200, Octavian Rasnita wrote: Please tell me what file permissions should I use for a CGI script. chmod 755 Can I deny other users to see the content of the cgi-bin directory (chmod 700) and chmod 755 only the files? Put a index.cgi in your cgi-bin directory that

CGI scripts permissions

2002-12-24 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hello all, Please tell me what file permissions should I use for a CGI script. I don't want others users from that server to view the content of my scripts because they contain passwords for MySQL databases. If I chmod 755 the scripts, the other users will also be able to see the files.

Improving the Quality of Our Beginners was Re: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-23 Thread drieux
officers so I have watched the process of "gee, shouldn't there be a faq for this" in more complex ways. But for some reason they keep minting those 90 day wonders The big laugh of course was the giggle we had when the 'butt of our jokes' were "BS - com

Re: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-23 Thread John Brooking
) There is a complete list of Perl-related lists at http://lists.perl.org/. (Yes, I understand the permissions question was not really a Perl-only question, but it *is* related to CGI, and could have been asked before.) - John __ Do You Yahoo!? Y

RE: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-23 Thread Tim Doty
[snip] > As far as the topic in the subject, it is not a perl issue. When > you want to > write in a file or execute a program, the permissions you choose have > nothing to do with the language you choose or if you are > executing code in a > CGI environment, so no, th

Re: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-23 Thread Todd Wade
Its too bad I get flamed for suggesting the poster figure it out theirself. It goes to show how many people "want the answer" as opposed to actually learning how to answer the question. As far as the topic in the subject, it is not a perl issue. When you want to write in a file or execute a pr

Re: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-22 Thread drieux
On Monday, April 22, 2002, at 10:46 , David Kirol wrote: > Thanks Drieux I didn't want to take the time to write what you did, but I' > m > glad to see it on the list. > David (aka sometimeAnotTooBrightNewbie) Caveat Emptor - What Do I Know? All I know is what I have figured out - and as I say,

RE: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-22 Thread David Kirol
Thanks Drieux I didn't want to take the time to write what you did, but I'm glad to see it on the list. David (aka sometimeAnotTooBrightNewbie) -Original Message- From: drieux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:59 AM To: cgi Subject: Re: Write permi

Re: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-22 Thread drieux
On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 07:42 , Todd Wade wrote: > First of all, this has nothing to do with perl, but given that I wrote my first cgi tested it with perl first.cgi and got the bugs out, ftp'd it up and then LEARNED the hard way that it had to be 755 - we all start out some

Re: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-22 Thread drieux
mited experience rest more on my testing rather than the site wide. > Please tell me how should I set the rights for some files and folders in > my > web page: > 1. The cgi-bin directory. 755 - no one but the player should have write permissions. but if you want anyone to run the cgi code

Re: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-22 Thread Octavian Rasnita
;Todd Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 5:42 PM Subject: Re: Write permissions and other rights "Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 003d01c1e8db$f6df0f60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:003d0

Re: Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-21 Thread Todd Wade
"Octavian Rasnita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 003d01c1e8db$f6df0f60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:003d01c1e8db$f6df0f60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > Please tell me how should I set the rights for some files and folders in my > web page: First of all, this has nothing to do with perl, b

Write permissions and other rights

2002-04-20 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hi all, Please tell me how should I set the rights for some files and folders in my web page: 1. The cgi-bin directory. 2. The Perl script files from this directory. 3. The html directory. 4. The html files from this directory. 5. The php files. 6. The folder where I want to keep page counte

Re: permissions question

2002-02-25 Thread Carl Franks
l -- >From: "Hughes, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: permissions question >Date: Mon, Feb 25, 2002, 1:36 pm > > I have a pipe delimited text file in which I am collecting form sub

RE: permissions question

2002-02-25 Thread Tim Fletcher
>>I can see how that would be ideal. However, I am not able to do that at >>this time. Short of keeping it outside of a web server, what security >>precautions (including permissions 666 etc.) could I take to keep people >>from viewing the text file from the browser. h

RE: permissions question

2002-02-25 Thread Hughes, Andrew
I can see how that would be ideal. However, I am not able to do that at this time. Short of keeping it outside of a web server, what security precautions (including permissions 666 etc.) could I take to keep people from viewing the text file from the browser. Thanks, Andrew -Original

permissions question

2002-02-25 Thread Hughes, Andrew
I have a pipe delimited text file in which I am collecting form submissions. I have the permissions currently set to 666. The problem is that if someone can figure out the path the .txt file, they can view it from their browser. I do not want this to happen. After a period of time, I am

file permissions

2001-11-22 Thread Wagner Garcia Campagner
Hi, I'm trying to copy a file to another preserving the file permissions (i'm using NT 4.0). I'm using File::Copy; But when i copy a file to another the new file do not get the same permissions as the old one... I'm also trying to use syscopy ($file1, $file2); but i got n

file permissions

2001-11-20 Thread Wagner Garcia Campagner
Hi, I'm trying to copy a file to another preserving the file permissions (i'm using NT 4.0). I'm using use File::Copy; But when i copy a file to another the new file do not get the same permissions as the old one... I'm also trying to use syscopy ($file1, $file2);

rename((1,2) and file permissions

2001-11-09 Thread David Gilden
Hello, what is causing the renamed file to take permissions of 755 instead of 644? -- am I doing this correctly -- there will be only one user of the script .. do I need 'file lock' here? Thanks to Bob Showalter for the formatting info on 'strftime' "

permissions

2001-08-14 Thread Francesco Scaglioni
Hi, I have a site running locally under /home/me/public_html. With sub-folders of cgi_bin and data. What are considered to be the best permissions for the directories and files. I want to copy this accross to a server. Data files are created dynamically from a script running on the local