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September 3, 2010

Cgiwrap is a program that allows cgi scripts run as the user in whose directory they are installed, rather than 'nobody'. This can be convenient both for security and practical reasons. If desired, cgiwrap can be installed using the instructions below.

1. Obtain a copy of the cgiwrap source code
   Visit the cgiwrap download page and download the most recent version of cgiwrap (cgiwrap-3.6.4.tar.gz).
   
2. Uncompress the cgiwrap archive
   % su
   # cd /download_dir
   # tar zxvf cgiwrap-3.6.4.tar.gz
   
3. Configure and compile cgiwrap
   # cd cgiwrap-3.6.4
   # ./configure
   # make
   If httpd is running as a different user, e.g., User=web, then the --with-httpd-user=web option must be appended to the ./configure command
   
4. Install cgiwrap
   # cp cgiwrap /home/httpd/cgi-bin/
   # cd /home/httpd/cgi-bin/
   # chown root:root cgiwrap
   # chmod 4755 cgiwrap
   # ln -s cgiwrap cgiwrapd
   # ln -s cgiwrap nph-cgiwrap
   # ln -s cgiwrap nph-cgiwrapd
   
5. Update Apache configuration file
   # cd /etc/httpd/conf
   # cp -p httpd.conf httpd.conf.000
   # vi httpd.conf, make the following changes
   

   Add the lines RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/~(.*)/cgi-bin/(.*) /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/$1/$2 [PT]

6. Restart Apache web server
   # /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart