Re: Server User ID?

[Terry Allen <hmag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>One of my hosting clients writes:
>
>"What is the user ID for the webserver? I have a couple of scripts that
>need the Webserver to have Write permission on a couple of text files.
>The counter, affiliate program and the order logger all write to text
>files in the cgi-bin."
>
>First off, what web server user ID is he talking about? Secondly, do I
>need to worry about this? Can I safely give him this UID?
>
>He has a separate /cgi-bin/.
>
>
Hi again,
        I think he really only needs to set the permissions on the files in
question to a particular chmod number in the same way as setting a cgi's
permissions.


        Bye for now, Terry Allen
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