I have my 2c to put in too... If the folder has perms of 777 AND is executable by Apache (or whatever webserver for that matter) such as a text file in a cgi-bin for example you can have a major problem crop up. If executable folder has world-writeable files or the folder itself is world-writeable you can have yourself a major security violation.

no no no no non nononononnoononnononono

naw. the files are not in the cgi dir, they're just in a directory other than under the public_html directory, I see your point though, that would be clearly shooting yourself in the foot. I generally don't like the idea of having the dir at 777. the server i use runs SuEXEC, so the dir is set to something like 755, and my files are created with 0660, so i have less worries :)

An SQl based solution would be nice, but that would hurt portability quite a bit for this project and add complexity I don't, well want :)

 

-justin simoni
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In reply to Re: Re: Re: CGI Script Created Files Playing Nicely by skazat
in thread CGI Script Created Files Playing Nicely by skazat

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