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Legacy Forums => Experienced User Forum => Topic started by: kadybee on September 14, 2004, 03:09:20 PM
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I am attempting to edit a web/panels/user/cgi-bin script.
I just want to change a small bit of default text in the vacation messages of the userpanel add-on.
No matter what I do in editing, it 'breaks' the cgi action - even just 'touching' the file .. so I know it's not syntax errors etc.
I get the error:
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. (etc)
I am assuming there is some protection to certain file changes. Can anyone offer clues to overcome this? It is not a template .. that would be easy :-(
Thanks
Klaus
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If you look at the files in the folder they are all symbolic links to the actual files in /etc/e-smith/web/functions; edit the files here.
These files are REALLY sensitive about being worked on so before doing anything run ls -la in this folder and you will see a listing that displays the full ownership and permissions settings, on my server a single entry looks like:
-rwsr-x--- 1 root admin 40010 Sep 8 2003 advworkgroup
Now if you edit the file it have some of its permissions and ownership settings changed.
So do the following:
a) Note the EXACT ownership & perms on the file that is to be changed (note the 's' in the listing refers to the SetUID sticky bit, its not a typo)
b) edit file
c) reset perms & ownership back to their original values; don't forget the sticky bit!
Use Midnight Commander if its easier (type mc at the prompt).
HTH
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edit the file elsewhere, say your home directory
make it writable by yourself, chmod a+w file
edit with a friendly editor say ultraedit, unix mode
then cp the file on top of the original, as root.
the original permissions are preserved.