htzone Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 So, here's the typical first post asking for help. I promise to be back! If it helps any, my question is not coding-related. My script runs great locally, but when I put it on the production server to test it out, I found I wasn't able to read a text file stored in /cgi-bin (Apache server). This seems to be a security thing and I'm wondering if there's any way around this (I adjusted permissions to no avail). I'm trying to grab a bunch of data from the flatfile DB used by a Perl-based CMS for use as form options. I'm not sure what can be done here, but this has stonewalled the project. I believe the client is on a shared server so I doubt the hosting company will be cooperative with any requests to change their security policy. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htzone Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Wild speculation welcome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htzone Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 The Perl CMS had a config file that allowed me to change the data directory, so I moved it out of /cgi-bin and got my script to work. Hardly an ideal solution, but the roadblock has been lifted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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