October 2005


While trying to get a cgi script working on a PLesk managed box, I came across this error in /etc/httpd/logs/suexec_log

cannot stat program: (blahdeblah.cgi)

An explanation of this vague and misguiding message can be found here. It seems that’s a complaint because of the use of a symlink to point to the script.

Sloppy systems programming

Welcome to my first venture into blogging. This braindump will mostly contain useful tidbits discovered through my web development work… and will therefore petrify and possibly putrify the thought patterns of most of y’all.

Ta