Re: [MacPerl] File Problems

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

Does the user that the process runs under have permission to create files
on the server? Most Web servers on Unix run as "nobody", and that user
almost never has permission to create anything anywhere. I imagine if even
your provider is braindead enough to use NT there are still some kinds of
protection. I've read that Mac Web servers have similar fascist
restrictions. That's just basic security; never let outsiders create files
on your system unless you know *exactly* what they're allowed to do. If
you really need to do this, build the new page in memory.

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Hi again,

Thanks for all the help in the past but now I need some more . . .

The script I am writing is supposed to take input from a web form and
create a new html page by adding it's own headers and footers.  I worked
out the basics on my own system and am now trying to put it on my web
space.  This is where I am having problems.  Perl says that the syntax
is OK but I am getting a server error when I try to use it.  The lovely
tech boffins at Demon have told me that there is a compilation error in
the script at this line,

  open (STDOUT, ">$filename") or die "Can't open $filename for output
because $!n";

I am trying to create a new file here, I later write to it then close
it.  On my own system this works but not on the server.

If anybody can help I would really appreciate it . . .
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