Allow apache to run a program

[Robert Heller]

There is a program called suexec for that. There appears to be two packages
available (according to apt-file): apache2-suexec-custom and
apache2-suexec-pristine. Its been decades since I have used suexec, so I don't
know what the current "state of the art" is. Running a random CGI program is
potionally "dangerious" and if improperly set up, will set you up to be
hacked.


At Tue, 6 Sep 2022 14:43:25 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> I am trying to get apache2 (ubuntu 20.04 LTS) to run a program from a cgi
> script.
> the path to the program is
> 
> /usr/local/bin/myprogram
> 
> How do I allow apache2 to run this program?
> 
> I tried adding this to serve-cgi-bin.conf and restarting but did not work
>                 <Directory /usr/local/bin>
>                         Order Allow,Deny
>                         Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
>                         Allow from all
>                 </Directory>
> 
> Thanks,
> Jerry
> 

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