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slwk75 Posted: Sun Aug 01, 1999 5:05 am


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writing to a text file (perl cgi script)
I can`t seem to write to a text file using a perl
cgi script. The files sit on a Linux server. It is
not a pathway problem because I can get the script to
read the same text file.<br><br>And the writing bit
works (after the pathways have been modified) on my
computer with perl win32.<br><br>The code I use to try to
open the file for writing is:<br><br>open(REG,
`&gt;&gt;/home/......(other stuff here)..../text/register.txt` ||
&ErrorMessage;<br><br>where the subroutine for errormessage just prints out
an error message like file can`t open.<br><br>Every
time I execute teh script the error message appears,
which means I cant open the file to write to
it.<br><br>I suspect it is a permissions thing. <br><br>Does
anybody know the numbers for a text file on a linux
server?<br><br>Or does anybody have any oter suggestions?
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Rob_Wilson_98 Posted: Mon Aug 02, 1999 7:25 pm


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writing to a text file (perl cgi script)
You`re right, it`s a permission thing. The web
server normally will run as a different user (usually
the user nobody). Find out who that user is and make
sure they have permission to write to the
file.<br><br>To be extra sure but not secure, chmod 666 it. (Of
course they may need to write to a directory as well,
chmod 777 the directory) Just remember, this is not a
secure method, the secure method would be to put that
user in a group with you and change the group of the
file, or something similar.
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