user running webser as

mafiq,

make sure the userid the webserver is running (apache on linux, or nobody on other platform, or check the config file for User and Group directive), and make sure the respective user/group has write permision to these directories.

Another approach is to have apache to run with the same userid/group to those that has write access to the directories mentioned.

Another is to chmod 777 to the directories(haha... this is a BIG way too BIG security hole), but it should work.

Another approach is to look at SuExec feature.  Take a look at Apache docs site on some SuExec documentations.  It's pretty stratighforward, and quite extensive.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/suexec.html

cheers.

I have tried to check in the httpd.conf file but could not figure out what changes to make

Help pliz

Mafiq,

check the permission on those directories you wish the webserver could write to

In /usr/local/roads directory, do a "ls -l", and post the detail lines for these directories;

       /usr/local/roads/logs
       /usr/local/roads/guts
       /usr/local/roads/source

And in you httpd.conf (apache config file), look for the line that says "User" and "Group" keyword.  By default it should be "User apache", and "Group apache" with no quote (").

Btw;  What exactly you desired when you mentioned "is able to write".  Do you mean, get the CGI to write to some file?  Or in a bigger picture, what do you want to do?  Maybe we could assist with direct solution, or alternate solution could be offerred.

Cheers.

CGI programs shld write to files in the directories I supplied.

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