Re: [cgiwrap-users] 403 error when using cgiwrapd

[Nathan N. <nn...@um...>]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 08:21:52PM -0500, Joe Hourcle wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, January 25, 2005, at 01:06  PM, Green, James wrote:
> 
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I'm new to this list, so please forgive me if this question has  
> >recently been asked.  I have cgiwrap installed and it works fine;  
> >however, I have one particular script that is not functioning  
> >correctly and when I try to run it using cgiwrapd I get a "403  
> >Forbidden" error as follows:
> >================================================
> >You don't have permission to access  
> >/cgi-bin/cgiwrapd/survey/srvy/SurveyStart.pl on this server.
> >
> >Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to  
> >use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
> >
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >---------
> >
> >Apache/2.0.40 Server at _default_ Port 80
> >===============================================
> >
> >The permissions are set correctly for the cgiwrapd link, and it is  
> >readable, writable, and executable by world, so I'm at a loss as to  
> >why I'm getting this error.  Anyone familiar with it?
> 
> 
> This is two different error messages --
> 
> 1.	You don't have permission to access ...
> 
> 	I _think_ this is the webserver complaining about cgiwrapd,
> 	which should be a symlink to cgiwrap, which needs execute,
> 	but you should make sure your script has the correct
> 	permissions as well.  [you might want to check via cgiwrap,
> 	non-debug mode, and see if you get a similar error message]
> 
> 	Symlinks are particularly deceptive, as their permissions
> 	are almost completely irrelevant -- it's the permissions of
> 	the file being linked to that matters.

Also, check if your server has Symlinks enabled in the options.

Alternatively, just make it a hard link instead of a symlink, then it
should bypass that.

> 
> 2.	403 Forbidden ...
> 
> 	This is apache's way of telling you that someone tried setting
> 	the ErrorDocument (where a specific file is read in place of
> 	an error message) but that when it tried reading the file
> 	that was referenced, it had an error (of type 403).
> 
> 	So, you'll need to read your httpd.conf, and make sure to
> 	set whatever files might be mentioned so they're readable by
> 	the webserver.
> 
> -----
> Joe Hourcle
> 
> 
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