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What's the difference between scgi-bin and cgi-bin?

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  1. jols

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    In cPanel ---> CGI Center ---> We have this:

    Simple CGI Wrapper
    This is a CGI Wrapper that will allow you to run CGI Scripts with your User ID.

    There is already a cgi-bin within the account. So what's the difference between scgi-bin and cgi-bin?
     
    #1 jols, Feb 25, 2009
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    Hi,

    The "cgi-bin" directory is the location you will use to store your Perl or compiled script files. Any files you place in it will be treated as programs (instead of HTML pages or images), and will be "run" by the server instead of displayed normally . The "cgi-bin" is configured default


    The scgi-bin directory, used a CGI wrapper to run CGI programs as the user's own user and group ID's, instead of the web server's global user. This allows you to set lower permissions on files too, to protect anyone but your user (and the web server) from executing or viewing them. The scgi-bin is not configured by default.

    Regards,

    Sanjay Ragav
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    #2 hzsanjay, Feb 26, 2009
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    Thanks Sanjay,

    I sort of understand what you are talking about. But doesn't suEXE already take care of this part, "...to protect anyone but your user (and the web server) from executing or viewing them"?

    What would be a good example of a script app that would be better to run from the scgi-bin than in the cgi-bin?

    Thanks again for your response!
     
    #3 jols, Feb 26, 2009
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    Hi,

    Note that , when I say the web server (like Apache) , it can only execute by them, and no one can view your source, not even the global user, whereas it can for files in the cgi-bin directory, unless a CGI wrapper like SuEXEC is implemented for your entire account on your virtual host directive in the web server. More information about SuEXEC can be found at http://www.apache.org.

    suexec - Switch user before executing external programs
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    http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/suexec.html
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    Right, I meant to say "suEXEC".

    So, seeing that suEXEC is implemented for the entire server... does this then render scgi-bin moot?

    Sorry, if I seem a little too dense about this one. I've been trying to grasp the benefits of putting in a scgi-bin dir for quite a while.
     
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