Very Computer

>>> Forgive my ignorance, but is it possible to allow users to
>>> execute cgi scripts in their ~user/ directories?  Last time
>>> I tried it wasn't possible.  I am running a CERN Server.
>>Anyway, try this:
>>        Exec    /~edebruin/cgi-bin/*    /home/edebruin/cgi-bin/*
>Cern 3.0 doesn't have this capability.  You can get the same result by
>using the trick that UUNet seems to use.  Write a CGI program which
>ALL cgi users must call.  Its extended path info gives the name of the
>ACTUAL cgi that is to be run, along with any other path info the cgi
>needs.  Your new cgi just does a cd to the right directory, fudges the
>PATH_INFO variable to look as if the user's cgi was called directly
>and voila it works!  You will probably need to mess with user ids
>(suid,sgid) also so that your cgi can get access to the user's
>directory etc, but this is all straightforward "C" or even Perl
>programming (don't use Perl for this, it makes things way slow, trust
>me).  I don't have the source for something like this or I would post
>it, but ask around, it has been done at least once.