Re: tlug: cgiwrap -some suggestions

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, Jim Schweizer wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Nathan Neulinger, the author of CGIwrap, was kind enough to
> offer some suggestions:
> 
> >> If I call a script with:
> >> http://tlug.pht.co.jp/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jims/test.pl
> >> then I get
> >> CGIwrap Error: Real UID could not be changed! 
> 
> >This is a configuration error when you built cgiwrap. Get
> >version 3.6 from the ftp site, it doesn't have this problem.
> >(You can fix it with 3.5, but it's easier to just grab 3.6.)
> 
> I shall grab 3.6 sometime this weekend and compile a new one.
> 
> >> from /var/log/httpd/error_log:
> >> [Fri Mar 27 19:13:28 1998] access to
> >> /home/httpd/cgi-bin/cgiwrapd/ failed for 210.167.65.8, reason:
> >> Symbolic link not allowed
> >> 
> >> Is this an indication of an Apache misconfiguration?
> 
> >Yes. It's saying that you did not allow symlinks. You need to
> >turn that option off or not access cgiwrap through a symlink.
> 
> Guess I'd better go back and reread the Apache conf files. I
> must have missed this somewhere.

There's an AllowSymLinks directive in apache.. not sure where you'd put
it, though.  Maybe near the ScriptAlias for /cgi-bin/ ?

> 
> Thanks Nathan. I think CGIwrap is an excellent program!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim S.
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