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List:       webmin-l
Subject:    Re: [webmin-l] {Spam?} Suexec
From:       John Hinton <webmaster () ew3d ! com>
Date:       2009-12-01 23:33:35
Message-ID: 4B15A7CF.3020802 () ew3d ! com
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If I understand correctly, suexec does a switch user before running an 
executable such as a cgi/perl script. So, yes, it is a good thing. If 
you are getting this error, you are likely running RHEL or CentOS. 
Redhat compiles suexec with the /var/www directory set within. So, it 
won't work in any other directory using their package. I think your 
options include, either turn it off, move your stuff from /home to the 
var/www directories or install/compile it separately.

I accidentally got lucky and changed my default installs from 
/home/user/htdocs to /var/www/user/public_html just to conform as I was 
getting tired of overriding this with each install. I started this with 
CentOS 3.0. It has been a good change in most cases. I don't struggle so 
much with splitting drive space between /home and /var anymore.

John Hinton

Vernon wrote:
>
> I posted this once before but don’t think I ever got a response or if 
> I did I gave up on it but I’d like to revisit if I may. I am getting 
> the following error message from Virtumin:
>
> The Suexec command on your system is configured to only run scripts 
> under /var/www, but the Virtualmin base directory is /home. CGI and 
> PHP scripts run as domain owners will not be executed.
>
> I know that Suexec is some type or security thing and is more than 
> likely a good thing to have on. Can anyone please enlighten me as to 
> how to resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks
>
> ~Vern
>
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