RE: [cgiwrap-users] Re: cgiwrap

[David Vaught-A. <da...@bi...>]

x wrote:
>
> From the docs on the ftp site, it appears that cgiwrap is mostly for
servers
> hosting cgi scripts of outsiders.
>
> If I run my own server and I am the sole author of all scripts running on
> the server, is there any argument for the use of cgiwrap?

Nathan wrote:
I run it on my own servers generally (even when only one or two users on
the server). Makes it alot simpler to manage security if you keep apps
on their own accounts, that sort of thing.

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In addition, the ease of plopping in that "d" makes debugging scripts so
quick and easy, especially when a problem is something simple like typos,
permissions, or uploading a file as the wrong user, etc.   I really like
/cgiwrapd/!