[cgiwrap-users] Virtual Hosts and --with-cgi-dir

[<ch...@lu...>]

I am glad that Annette was able to figure out how to unsubscribe, but I 
didnt want my original question to get lost in her misdirected reply. 
Sorry for reposting. Thanks in advance for your attention.

-Charles

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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 08:48:48 -0600 (CST)
From: ch...@lu...
To: cgi...@li...
Subject: configuring --with-cgi-dir= with Virtual Hosts

hello all-
i'm in the process of testing cgiwrap for use with hosting client 
requiring access to a local cgi-bin. each hosting client has access to a 
cgi-bin maintained by the system administrator. i would like to give them 
direct access to their own cgi-local directory in which scripts would be 
executed against cgiwrap.

i've compiled using:

 ./configure --with-httpd-user=nobody \
             --with-install-dir=/usr/local/bin \
             --with-cgi-dir=/j-m/host/<domain>/pub/public_html/cgi-local

the --with-cgi-dir= value is a full path to the hosting client's actual 
cgi-local directory. it currently resides in their document root. since 
the examples of --with-cgi-dir= seem to be from the perspective of 
relative to the user's home dir, i was not certain how to approach this. 
the hosting client's directory is not specific to a user account. and 
generally individuals maintaining the hosted website through ftp are not 
given system accounts.

how should this directive be set up in such a scenario? moreover, i would 
prefer to move the cgi-local directory up one physical directory, placing 
it within:

  /j-m/host/<domain>/pub/ 

rather than in the actual document root, and then making it available for 
web use through an Alias command. 

i appreciate your input, and look forward to responses :)

regards, charles