From: ivan <ivan>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 02:11:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: suggest suEXEC as an alternative to suidperl
X-Git-Tag: freeside_1_2_0~101
X-Git-Url: http://git.freeside.biz/gitweb/?p=freeside.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e10ac0a3a728f9410ae6d7b121809eb14e33c42f

suggest suEXEC as an alternative to suidperl
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diff --git a/htdocs/docs/install.html b/htdocs/docs/install.html
index 058a60a1e..5d00f9641 100644
--- a/htdocs/docs/install.html
+++ b/htdocs/docs/install.html
@@ -40,10 +40,17 @@ cp fs-x.y.z/site_perl/* /usr/local/lib/site_perl/FS</pre> or <pre>ln -s /full/pa
 cp -r fs-x.y.z/htdocs/* /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside</pre> or <pre>ln -s /full/path/to/fs-x.y.z/htdocs /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside</pre>
   <li>Restrict access to this web interface.  (with <a href="http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#user-authentication">Apache</a>)
   <li>Enable CGI execution for files with the `.cgi' extension.  (with <a href="http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">Apache</a>)
-  <li>Set ownership and permissions for the web interface.  Your system should support secure setuid scripts or Perl's emulation, see <a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlsec.html#Security_Bugs">perlsec: Security Bugs</a> for information and workarounds.
+  <li>Set ownership and permissions for the web interface.  The web interface needs to run as the freeside user - there are several ways to do this.
+    <ul>
+      <li>Use Perl's setuid emulation: see the <a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlsec.html#Security_Bugs">Security Bugs</a> section of the <a href="http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/doc/manual/html/pod/perlsec.html">perlsec</a> manpage.
 <pre>cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
 chown -R freeside .
 chmod 4755 browse/*.cgi edit/*.cgi edit/process/*.cgi misc/*.cgi misc/process/*.cgi search/*.cgi view/*.cgi</pre>
+      <li>Use Apache's <a href="http://www.apache.org/docs/suexec.html">suEXEC</a>.
+<pre>cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs/freeside
+chown -R freeside .
+chmod 755 browse/*.cgi edit/*.cgi edit/process/*.cgi misc/*.cgi misc/process/*.cgi search/*.cgi view/*.cgi</pre>
+    </ul>
 <li>Create the necessary <a href="config.html">configuration files</a>.
 <li>Create the `/usr/local/etc/freeside/counters.<i>datasrc</i>', and 
   `/usr/local/etc/freeside/export.<i>datasrc</i>' directories for each <i>datasrc</i>.