Re: [MacPerl-WebCGI] Uploading

[Joel Rees <rees_joel@fujicomp.co.jp>]

Bert wrote:

>Ok, I'll do that. Examples of typical paths are appreciated (you may not 
>want to bother the list with that).

Examples? I try hard to forget the settings on any server I am not using. 
Oh, well:

/doc
/text
/ftp
/html         (May need to watch out for this sysad.)
/login/web/html/enterHere       (Okay, I made this one up.)
/public
/public-html
/

Most sys-ads want you to work as if your home directory is your root, but 
some would rather you always use relative paths. In the latter case, the 
'/' on the left will be missing.

When login paths are required, the actual names tend to reflect the 
attitude (or whimsy) of the sys-ad. So there will be a lot of variation.

The object is often obfuscation: Try to convince the user he doesn't want 
to look where you don't want him to. But in such cases sys-ads sometimes 
don't bother to prevent you from moving (cd ..) up beyond your own root. 
(Ouch.)

But another attitude is to provide the user a pre-built framework to 
organize in. In this latter case, the sys-ad _does_ generally bother with 
the settings to prevent moving up beyond user's own root. (These are more 
experienced sys-ads.) When login directories are required in these cases, 
it is simply to help the novice avoid trying such things as putting html 
in his cgi directory.

>>Do you plan to deal with proxy issues like socks servers? I, for one, 
>>would sure like someone to find some magic way through NT proxy servers.
>
>No! 

I'm not surprised. The settings take trial and error, and tend to be 
fragile. I gave up. I hope to convince the boss to let me set up a Mac or 
UNIX sever serving Appletalk and gating the other parts of the LAN.

rees_joel@fujicomp.co.jp
http://www.fujicomp.co.jp
http://www.udit.gr.jp


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