CGI output problem.

[JessicaC]

I am running a perl cgi script, in Redhat 6.2, with Apache as the
webserver. The script I am having trouble with has to write a
file, but instead of writing the contents it should, the file
contains only "/Xq987Bermission denied". I am running the script
as nobody. The file permissions are correct, and all other scripts
that do not output to a file run fine. (FYI, the file is supposed
to do a lynx capture and then output to the file). Any ideas???
ANY help would be appreciated.

 

[goBoating]

' sounds, to me, like you are successfully writing to the file. Whatever you are doing to get your content from lynx is being denied. Look a little further upstream and make sure you are actually getting the content you want before it is written to disk.

HTH


keep the rudder amid ship and beware the odd typo

 

[toolkit]

JessicaC

My guess is that you have a little bit of code like:

$theFile = "$ENV{PATH_TO_FILE}/Xq987B";
open( FILE, ">$theFile" );

Now, if $ENV{PATH_TO_FILE} hasn't been set, then this will try and open a file for writing in the / directory on your system. Most times, you will not be allowed to do this. Check that you aren't missing a directory string in front of your filename, or get root to temporarily give you permission to write to / for testing?

Hope this helps, Cheers NEIL