Re: Cannot exec in my own directory
| From: | Ashley Sheridan | Date: | Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:57:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Cannot exec in my own directory | ||
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On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 19:23 +0530, kranthi wrote:
> Did you check SELinux options ??
>
> I have a similar problem. For some unknown reason scan_dir() is not
> able to read /home/user when run as Apache module. but the CLI is
> giving expected results. I did not find any work around, but had to
> read /var/www which is the home directory of 'apache' (this is the
> user under which apache runs by default. hence you script needs 777 to
> execute)
>
> So if every thing else fails I'll recommend you to move the script to
> /var/ww (usually your server root) instead of /home/user
>
That's a potential security flaw waiting to happen. A script like this
shouldn't be kept in a web-accessible directory.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk