hey creating a cgi-bin in the web directory would make the url domain.com/cgi-bin and not domain.com/web/cgi-bin right?

/home/sites/siteXX/web = www.domain.com
/home/sites/siteXX/web/cgi-bin/ = www.domain.com/cgi-bin/
/home/sites/siteXX/web/web/cgi-bin/ = www.domain.com/web/cgi-bin/

I hope that helps.

Originally posted by creepcolony
hey creating a cgi-bin in the web directory would make the url domain.com/cgi-bin and not domain.com/web/cgi-bin right?

Yes.

If you are running a raq you dont even need a cgi-bin dir. Make sure to secure the data directory since every one will have access to it, or make the data directory below the /www/ ie. /data/www/

yeah i had to create one cuz my last host i used had a cgi-bin and i didn't wanna change all the paths to my cgi scrips

uh oh...i just put an index.html file in my cgi-bin...is that secure enough?

I don't see a problem with that, in fact it's a good way to stop directory browsing if it's turned on. But what's your reason for putting it there?

If your script is using a text based data file then hackers or anyone else can read the data which may contain admin or user passwords. Its based to place them in a root directory.

errrr...how do i put it in the root directory? :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Easy, just upload it to the "/" folder, or public_html, either one. The main folder when you login to your FTP.

uhhh...we talking about cobalt raqs here

On Cobalt raq
Example
Your CGI files go to
/home/sites/siteX/www/cgi-bin/mycgifiles/Admin.cgi

Your data files go to
/home/sites/siteX/mydatafiles/data.txt

This way people wont have access to your sensetive data files. or simply put all data in a directory and make it password protected both will be secure. (almost)

If you need more help or if you think I am not clear enough just let me know. I will try my best to help you out.

thanks

/home/sites/siteX/mydatafiles/data.txt

so for mydatafiles i create a directory, and name it cgi-bin for my cgi stuff?

mydatafile is just a name you can name it whatever you wish. Same goes for CGI-bin dir. Make sure to change the path on your files to point to correct directory.

ok but what would the url be?

That's the point, there is no URL. Can't access it from the web.

When you log into your account as a site admin (not as admin, but as a user who is the site admin), and got towards root as much as you can, you see:

/stats
/logs
/certs (or somehing like that, I can't think of it)
/web

You would add:

/mydatafiles (or whatever you want to call it)

In the script, where it asks you to put the path, either:
/mydatafiles *or*
../../mydatafiles
-should work

This assumes the script is in:
/web/cgi-bin

oh...ok thanks