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Running CGI script from any directory

In order to force apache to allow cgi script to run, simply create a file called .htaccess inside the directory in which you wish to run the scripts. Inser this text into the file:

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

AddHandler maps the filename extensions extension to the handler handler-name. This mapping is added to any already in force, overriding any mappings that already exist for the same extension. For example, to activate CGI scripts with the file extension “.cgi”, you might use:

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

Once that has been put into your srm.conf or httpd.conf file, any file containing the “.cgi” extension will be treated as a CGI program.

The extension argument is case-insensitive, and can be specified with or without a leading dot.

Running CGI script from any directory

In order to force apache to allow cgi script to run, simply create a file called .htaccess inside the directory in which you wish to run the scripts. Insert the following text into the .htaccess file:

Directory Permissions

If you want to prevent other users from reading the contents of your files, you have two choices:

You can set the permission of each file to 0600, so only you have read/write access.

You can put the files in a directory and set the permission of that directory to 0700, which prevents other users from accessing the files in the directory (or in any of the directory’s subdirectories) unless there is a link to the file from somewhere else.

Note the following:

You must have execute access for a directory to make it your current directory (via cd or chdir) or to change to any directory beneath (contained in) that directory.

If you do not have execute access to a directory, you cannot access the files within that directory, even if you own them.

To allow anonymous users to upload, it is recommended that a write-only directory be created within /var/ftp/pub/.

To do this, type:

Next change the permissions so that anonymous users cannot see what is within the directory by typing:

A long format listing of the directory should look like this:

Additionally, under vsftpd, add the following line to the /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file:

Because FTP passes unencrypted usernames and passwords over insecure networks for authentication, it is a good idea to deny system users access to the server from their user accounts.

To disable user accounts in vsftpd, add the following directive to /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf:

rsync to backup your home directory and mysql databases.

Run the below rsync command using “nohup”, nohup runs a command immune to hangups, with output to a non-tty.

Rsync your home directory’s to your backup server.

Replace $IP with the IP address for your production server.

Run the below commands from your backup server.

rsync all mysql databases.

Backup DB server_support