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If your Web host doesn't let you execute binaries from writeable directories, why not remove write permissions from the directory once you have placed the executables there? I don't understand why this would cause any problems. Do you have other problems you haven't mentioned yet?

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Creating .gif images with Perl
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 15, 2003 at 04:53 UTC
    The only binarys we can execute are in /usr /bin or /etc
    /usr /bin and /etc are read-only
      You should be able to execute binaries anywhere if you specify an absolute path rather than relying on PATH. That there are regular use binaries in /etc strikes me as extremly odd.

      Makeshifts last the longest.

        Specifying an absolute path other than /bin or /usr gives the error
        Binary file execution denied in mountpoints.