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In article <364a10fd$0$12765@nntp1.ba.best.com>, lordbear@NOSPAMbest.com wrote:
>
>Some times ago, I thought I saw one of the resident gurus saying that
>one would do well to avoid the use of '/webadmin/home/webX/username'
>in one's Perl CGI paths.  The problem being that the 'webX' part
>can (and does!) change without notice.  The alternative '/home/username'
>however, produces permissions related errors in several of my CGIs.
>
>e.g., script says: 
>open(ERROR,">>/webadmin/home/web3/lordbear/public_html/log/maillist.errors")
>
>if I change it to : 
>open(ERROR,">>/home/lordbear/public_html/log/maillist.errors")

The second pathname should be valid provided your public_html
symlink in HOME is intact. Works for me all the time.

Methinks you have a permissions issue (writing) rather than a
pathname issue.

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In article <364a14bb$0$12775@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
Malcolm Hoar <malch@malch.com> wrote:
>The second pathname should be valid provided your public_html
>symlink in HOME is intact. Works for me all the time.

*AND* your home directory has 'x' permission for the server, something
many people don't have (or want).

People should not use the "webX" version, but they should be using
the "pub" version (i.e. replace "web1" with "pub" in that path, and
it won't change when you move partitions).

Malcolm Hoar <malch@malch.com> wrote:
> In article <364a10fd$0$12765@nntp1.ba.best.com>, lordbear@NOSPAMbest.com wrote:
>>
>>Some times ago, I thought I saw one of the resident gurus saying that
>>one would do well to avoid the use of '/webadmin/home/webX/username'
>>in one's Perl CGI paths.  The problem being that the 'webX' part
>>can (and does!) change without notice.  The alternative '/home/username'
>>however, produces permissions related errors in several of my CGIs.
>>
>>e.g., script says: 
>>open(ERROR,">>/webadmin/home/web3/lordbear/public_html/log/maillist.errors")
>>
>>if I change it to : 
>>open(ERROR,">>/home/lordbear/public_html/log/maillist.errors")

> The second pathname should be valid provided your public_html
> symlink in HOME is intact. Works for me all the time.

> Methinks you have a permissions issue (writing) rather than a
> pathname issue.

That's what I assumed to.  I banged my head against this for most
of a day, trying different perms on parent dirs and so on.  When 
I changed the absolute path it worked, when I reverted, it failed.

This happens on two different scripts. <shrug>

Bear

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In article <364a387a$0$12771@nntp1.ba.best.com>, lordbear@best.com wrote:

>That's what I assumed to.  I banged my head against this for most
>of a day, trying different perms on parent dirs and so on.  When 
>I changed the absolute path it worked, when I reverted, it failed.
>
>This happens on two different scripts. <shrug>

Did it work to the point of appending to the file? If so, I guess
your public_html symlink is busted or there's something weird
up with the server.

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In article <364f9253$0$12782@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
 <lordbear@NOSPAMbest.com> wrote:
>> *AND* your home directory has 'x' permission for the server, something
>> many people don't have (or want).
>6:44pm /home/lordbear> ls -ld public_html/.
>drwx--x--x  14 lordbear  mosaic  1024 Nov 15 03:57 public_html/.

Yes, if that didn't have permission, you wouldn't be able to see
your website at all.  Try 'ls -ld ~/.' for what I meant.

>So, the preferred path is '/webadmin/home/pub/username/public_html'?

Yes.

Todd Michel McComb <mccomb@medieval.org> wrote:
> In article <364a14bb$0$12775@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
> Malcolm Hoar <malch@malch.com> wrote:
>>The second pathname should be valid provided your public_html
>>symlink in HOME is intact. Works for me all the time.

> *AND* your home directory has 'x' permission for the server, something
> many people don't have (or want).

6:44pm /home/lordbear> ls -ld public_html/.
drwx--x--x  14 lordbear  mosaic  1024 Nov 15 03:57 public_html/.

> People should not use the "webX" version, but they should be using
> the "pub" version (i.e. replace "web1" with "pub" in that path, and
> it won't change when you move partitions).

So, the preferred path is '/webadmin/home/pub/username/public_html'?

Bear

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Todd Michel McComb <mccomb@medieval.org> wrote:
> In article <364f9253$0$12782@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
>  <lordbear@NOSPAMbest.com> wrote:
>>> *AND* your home directory has 'x' permission for the server, something
>>> many people don't have (or want).
>>6:44pm /home/lordbear> ls -ld public_html/.
>>drwx--x--x  14 lordbear  mosaic  1024 Nov 15 03:57 public_html/.

> Yes, if that didn't have permission, you wouldn't be able to see
> your website at all.  Try 'ls -ld ~/.' for what I meant.

drwx------  14 lordbear  best  512 Nov 16 09:53 /home/lordbear/.

>>So, the preferred path is '/webadmin/home/pub/username/public_html'?

> Yes.

Now, next question;  how to do a 'global' search and replace?  :)


Bear (who needs to get some more Unix books - like for sed & regexps :))

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 review my resume and interests at http://www.lair.org/bear/work.html

In article <3650684b$0$12761@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
 <lordbear@NOSPAMbest.com> wrote:
>drwx------  14 lordbear  best  512 Nov 16 09:53 /home/lordbear/.

Exactly.

>>>So, the preferred path is '/webadmin/home/pub/username/public_html'?
>Now, next question;  how to do a 'global' search and replace?  :)

cd public_html
find . -name '*.*htm*' -print | xargs perl -pi -e 's!/old/path/here!/webadmin/home/pub/username/public_html!g;'

#for some value of 'global' ...

In article <3650684b$0$12761@nntp1.ba.best.com>,
 <lordbear@NOSPAMbest.com> wrote:
>Now, next question;  how to do a 'global' search and replace?  :)
>Bear (who needs to get some more Unix books - like for sed & regexps :))

Or become comfortable with one-line perl scripts.  Such as
   shell3% perl -pi -e 's%SRC="images/%SRC="../images/%ig' *ml */*ml

	-Joe

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