Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:06:30 -0700 From: Ian Kallen <ian@gamespot.com> To: Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Environment for a daemon Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980722110630.009f23d0@mail.gamespot.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980721151319.0072a5f0@wolfepub.com>
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You can get/set environment variables in your CGI and from Apache. Count the ways in which the environment can be manipulated.... http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_env.html#passenv http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_env.html#setenv http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_setenvif.html#setenvif http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_setenvif.html#SetEnvIfNoCase http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_env.html#unsetenv -Ian At 03:13 PM 7/21/98 -0400, Matthew Hagerty wrote: >Greetings, > >What environment does a daemon get when it is run, then changes its uid? I >have a program that is being run as a cgi via apache and requires an >environment var set. Apache is started as root and changes to what ever >user you have set in the config. Then when my program (cgi) is run, it has >the uid of the user set in the config, but what about its environment? >Does it get initialized to the .profile settings just like a user logging >in? If not, where can I set up an environment for a program that gets >executed in this manner? > >FreeBSD-2.2.6-R > >Thanks, >Matthew > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > -- Ian Kallen ian@gamespot.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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