CGI permissions

[Dave Cragg]

On 27 Aug 2005, at 16:58, Mark Smith wrote:

> I have a Rev CGI stack that collects data from some text files,  
> builds some html and returns it to the browser.
> The html stuff is all working fine, but the stack is unable to read  
> the necessary files to get the data...
>
> Could some kind soul tell me what the permissions should be, both  
> for the stack (which resides in the CGI-Executables folder,  
> currently 755) and for the files (which live elsewhere).
>

644 should work for reading the files. (Anyone can read, only the  
owner can write.)

When you say a "CGI stack", do you mean a script file, or a stack  
that is opened by a script file? However, 755 should work in either  
case, unless you need to dave the stack.

Cheers
Dave