Re: [newbie] [OT] Apache and users cgi

2004-10-27 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:16:40PM +0800, frankieh wrote: > Todd Slater wrote: > >I am hosting a few sites for friends that need cgi access. I read > >something about cgi scripts shouldn't be in the web document root for > >security purposes--people being able to read them as text. I turned on > >c

Re: [newbie] [OT] Apache and users cgi

2004-10-26 Thread frankieh
Todd Slater wrote: I am hosting a few sites for friends that need cgi access. I read something about cgi scripts shouldn't be in the web document root for security purposes--people being able to read them as text. I turned on cgi by adding the ExecCGI in which if I understand is not secure? What's

[newbie] [OT] Apache and users cgi

2004-10-26 Thread Todd Slater
I am hosting a few sites for friends that need cgi access. I read something about cgi scripts shouldn't be in the web document root for security purposes--people being able to read them as text. I turned on cgi by adding the ExecCGI in which if I understand is not secure? What's the standard prac