Re: [vps-mail] On the subject of permissions, mail & SA

[Scott Wiersdorf <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 01:11:56AM -0700, Abigail Marshall wrote:
> SW> On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 04:09:32PM -0700, Abigail Marshall wrote:
> >> This is a little bit OT (it doesn't have anything to do with
> >> sendmail or spamassassin), but I'm wondering if you can give
> >> me a little tutorial on how to set permissions on a VPS2 so
> >> that a cgi can run properly.
> 
> SW> Try this:
> 
> SW>     http://perlcode.org/tutorials/apache/suexec.html
> 
> Thanks. The program in question still is balking unless I
> set permissions on the directory to 777, but at least I am
> starting to get a better understanding.

What's the ownership of the directory? That is equally important as
the permissions. [we should probably off-line this discussion
now. Feel free to email me directly]

Scott
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