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Re: apache2 problem

by Derek Martin-9 :: Rate this Message:

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On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 08:35:49PM -0400, dan moylan wrote:
> i'm running ubuntu 8.10 on ibm T41, apache2, on my local
> net, and getting a error message in the browser window
> from my cgi script.
>
> UTL::wopen) couldn't open
>    [/home/moylan/www/cgi-bin/stuff/mbrmoy.log] for writing

What are the permissions and ownership of
/home/moylan/www/cgi-bin/stuff?  What user is the web server running
as?

My guess is the web server can not access the file, because the parent
directory's permissions (or those of the parent of the parent
directory, etc.) are too restrictive.

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