CGI permissions

[Dan Shafer]

So the text files you're trying to read on your desktop but the CGI  
is on a (presumably remote even if in the same room and on the same  
subnet) server? Is that the architecture?

Have you tried logging into the server and copying those files from  
your desktop? That would tell you whether there's some sort of  
underlying connection issue or permissions problem.


On Aug 27, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Mark Smith wrote:

> It's a stack (no UI elements) which has some template html stored  
> in custom properties, tries to get the data from the files and  
> "puts" the result.
> It's opened from a simple text CGI.
>
> I think the problem maybe that the the files are in a folder on my  
> desktop - however, having changed the permissions for the desktop  
> to 644 ( was this a stupid thing to do? no-one else uses the  
> machine), the problem persists. The stack works properly in the  
> IDE, and the paths to the files are absolute and complete, as it  
> were (no specialFolderPath, or anything).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> On 27 Aug 2005, at 17:09, Dave Cragg wrote:
>
>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
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