[BlueOnyx:21142] Perl script executing as apache instead of user

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Hi All,

We have a customer using a Perl script that can manipulate files and 
directories that he specifies inside the vsite, but up a level from 
/web.    The script worked fine when his site ran on a 5208R box, but 
we've since upgraded all our systems to 5209R and now the script does 
not run properly.

I suspect this has something to do with the permissions/ownership.   It 
looks like when the script does run, it creates files & directories with 
Apache user & group ownership.  This, of course, causes all sorts of 
trouble with the user's ability to manipulate the files.  Previously 
(under 5208R), files & directories were created with his user & group 
ownership.

I'm no Perl expert.  Is there something we should be looking at that 
would have this script (in his web/cgi-bin directory) execute as the 
vsite user rather than Apache?

Thanks!

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Chris Gebhardt
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