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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Delete Files with CGI Bash Script Post 302488834 by citaylor on Tuesday 18th of January 2011 02:07:05 PM
Old 01-18-2011
I would try running an "id" within the script to see what userid and groups the cgi is running as. Once you know that, you can either "chown" or "chgrp" the directory and just give specific user rights, or if you cant do that, you can figure out what the minimum rights are.
 

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hobbit-nkedit.cgi

HOBBIT-NKEDIT.CGI(1)					      General Commands Manual					      HOBBIT-NKEDIT.CGI(1)

NAME

       hobbit-nkedit.cgi - Xymon Critical Systems view CGI

SYNOPSIS

       hobbit-nkedit.cgi

DESCRIPTION

       hobbit-nkedit.cgi is invoked as a CGI script via the hobbit-nkedit.sh CGI wrapper.

       hobbit-nkedit.cgi is a web-based editor for the hobbit-nkview.cfg(5) file, which is used to configure the Xymon "Critical Systems" view.

       A detailed description of how to use the editor is provided in the Xymon Web documentation, available from the "Help" -> "Critical Systems"
       link on the Xymon website.

SECURITY

       Access to this CGI script should be restricted through access controls in your webserver. Editing the Critical Systems  View  configuration
       will impact the monitoring of your site.

OPTIONS

       --config=FILENAME
	      Name of the Critical Systems View configuration file. The default is hobbit-nkview.cfg in the $BBHOME/etc/ directory.

       --env=FILENAME
	      Loads the environment defined in FILENAME before executing the CGI script.

       --area=NAME
	      Load environment variables for a specific area. NB: if used, this option must appear before any --env=FILENAME option.

       --debug
	      Enables debugging output.

SEE ALSO

       hobbit-nkview.cgi(1), xymon(7)

Xymon							    Version 4.2.3:  4 Feb 2009					      HOBBIT-NKEDIT.CGI(1)
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