[users@httpd] CGI permissions on Debian

["Tony Heal" <theal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am running a Debian 3.1 (sarge) server and the following apache packages installed:

ii  apache                         1.3.33-6sarge1                 versatile, high-performance HTTP server
ii  apache-common                  1.3.33-6sarge1                 support files for all Apache web servers
ii  apache2-utils                  2.0.54-5                       utility programs for web servers
ii  libapache-dbi-perl             0.94-2                         Connect apache server to database via perl's DBI
ii  libapache-mod-dav              1.0.3-10                       A DAV module for Apache
ii  libapache-mod-gzip             1.3.26.1a-8                    HTTP compression module for Apache
ii  libapache-mod-perl             1.29.0.3-6sarge1               integration of perl with the Apache web server
ii  libapache-mod-php4             4.3.10-16                      server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (apache 1.3 module)
ii  libapache-mod-ssl              2.8.22-1sarge1                 Strong cryptography (HTTPS support) for Apache

 

I have a java program running on this server. One of the things contained in it's sar file are some cgi files. During the installation of this program the original directory gets deleted and the new sar gets expanded, then I set the permissions on the cgi files. the commands used are

 

chmod -R 755 /path/help/admin

chmod -R g+s /path/help/admin

 

The files are all owned and grouped by the same user.     owner.owner

apache user is www-data

'owner' is in the www-data group

www-data is in the 'owner' group

 

 

Here is my problem. With perms set at 755 the cgi file work fine. once the g+s is set (2755) the cgi files stop working. This method works on woody, but I can not see any reason that would make a diff.

 

 

Anyone got any ideas/suggestions/comments that can help?

 

Tony Heal

Pace Systems Group, Inc.

800-624-5999

theal@xxxxxxxxxxxx