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hybernate20
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 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: CGI in UserDIR |
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| If I would like the default page for my userdir (~/public_html) to be a cgi file, is there any way that I can set apache up to do that? Furthermore, is it insecure to do so? It is inconvenient to put everything in the cgi-bin, especially when it is nowhere near the same directory. |
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erik258
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| Quote: | | If I would like the default page for my userdir (~/public_html) to be a cgi file, is there any way that I can set apache up to do that? |
Yes it is, a quick google search reassures me. this site is my reference, and explains how to do it a few different ways in a few short links.
| Quote: | | is it insecure to do so? |
To some extent, it seems to me, because users aren't necessarily responsible about writing secure cgi scripts. A more fine-grained security mechanism can be allowed though; for example, if I wanted to do this (I use php instead generally) I would set up a section in httpd.conf to allow, just like userdir webpages in ~/public_html, userdir cgi scripting in ~/cgi-bin and require a cgi group for use of it. That way, the default is to disallow everyone, but I can give users permission to write cgi scripts on a user-by-user basis easily.
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