Re: [viewvc-users] Verify lib directory permissions post-install or upon execution

On 01/26/2015 10:03 PM, Mathew Crane wrote:
> Hello -
>
> On a server with a default umask of 077, the viewvc.cgi fails with a
> 'sapi Import error'. It was due to the script not having proper
> permissions to the viewvc install directory. It's a fairly simple
> issue, but would it make sense to have some sort of validation or
> logic in the cgi to ensure that the lib directory is accessible on top
> of the current validation ensuring it exists?
>
> If not, maybe a note in the FAQ to mention umask settings as a
> potential trip up may help point people in the proper direction.

Thanks for the note, Mathew.  I'm not sure adding permission-checking
validation to every execution of the CGI script is necessary ... yours
certainly isn't the most common maching configuration.  :-)  But a FAQ
item might be useful.  I'll see what I can whip up.

-- 
C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]>
CollabNet   <>   www.collab.net   <>   Enterprise Cloud Development

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