server permissions for guestbook write

[Patricia Hartman]

I implemented an asp script to create a guestbook in the cgi-bin directory
of my website. The script is supposed to append to a text file (it is there)
and then display it using include. When I try to run it, the form appears,
but when I click the submit button, the browser goes out to lunch forever.
Netscape says it is getting data from www.mysite.com, but nothing actually
appears. I set the permissions for the text file, the cgi-bin and the root
directory of the site to read, execute and write. Is that not enough?
Windows rights just mystify me. they are not as intuitive as Novell's that's
for sure. Anyway, thanks in advance.

[Steven Burn]

#1 NEVER assign write/execute permissions to a file or directory inside the
root. Stick the file outside of the root and assign IUSR_[machine] RW
permissions only.

#2 Without seeing any of the code you are using (in this case, the code for
writing) it's a little difficult to diagnose.

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Steven Burn
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www.it-mate.co.uk

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I implemented an asp script to create a guestbook in the cgi-bin directory
of my website. The script is supposed to append to a text file (it is there) and then display it using include. When I try to run it, the form appears,
but when I click the submit button, the browser goes out to lunch forever.
Netscape says it is getting data from www.mysite.com, but nothing actually
appears. I set the permissions for the text file, the cgi-bin and the root
directory of the site to read, execute and write. Is that not enough?
Windows rights just mystify me. they are not as intuitive as Novell's that's for sure. Anyway, thanks in advance.

[patricia hartman]

Thanks for the info about the directories. I was able to run the script
correctly when I used a commercial host (which by the way, runs it in
the cgi-bin directory under the root.) Apparently I could not get the
permissions correct on my server. I am using mappath for the text
(include) file and don't know how to tell it where on the server the
file is unless it is in the defined folders for the web service.
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