Re: cgi Scripts

Paul Ramsey (pramsey@postmodern.com)
Mon, 5 Jun 1995 19:31:20 +0500

> Can anyone tell me whether cgi scripts have to be in the cgi-bin directory
> as i wish to write and use them all though i do not have access to this
> directory.
>
> also what is Perl (is it a interpriter or compiler ) and is it avaliable
> for VMS

It is possible to configure an httpd server to execute items from any
directory you like but if you don't have access to the cgi-bin directory
then you surely wouldn't have access to the httpd configuration file.

Because of the security issues related to cgi scripts I wouldn't allow anyone
other than the webmaster install cgi scripts.

Paul Ramsey