On Feb 11, 2008 1:38 PM, Bennett Haselton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to run a CGI script that can open /var/log/httpd/access_log for > reading and parse some data from it. (This is on a dedicated machine.) > > The file /var/log/httpd/access_log is owned by root, but that's not the > problem. I have other files owned by root that are in the /var/www/html > directory and CGI scripts can read those with no problem (because they are > world-*readable*, just like /var/log/httpd/access_log is). The problem is > that apparently CGI scripts cannot open any files for reading that are > located outside of /var/www .
There is no setting in the default apache install that could impose that restriction. Are you running SELinux perhaps? Have you tried "setenforce 0" to see if the issue goes away? In general, the most secure way to deal with tasks that are beyond the permissions of your apache child processes is to use "sudo". But I bet your problem is an OS configuration issue. If the file is world-readable, your cgi scripts should be able to read it. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
