Perl2exe advice needed re: pathnames ......PART 2 !

[rab54]

OK Gurus -

This follows my earlier post - I have my executable file -
within this are various programs that read and write to files on the server -

My question is - if I share say the

http://wwwroot

directory out so it can be accessed from the exe file does it mean the user can map a drive to

http://wwwroot

?

Surely there is a way round this ? I don't want a user to be able to browse to my programs in cgi-bin, but if they do not have access how can they run the programs within the exe file ?

It is late on a Friday and I am confused -

Any help would be most welcome ....

cheers

Rab

 

[PaulTEG]

Rab,

What OS?

--Paul

It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ...

 

[rab54]

Paul

OS is Windoze ... as is the server ...

I am looking at using Win32 modules to use 'Run As' within the exe at the mo ...

As ever any help would most excellent ;0)

cheers

Rab

 

[PaulTEG]

Rab,

RunAs should be enough, as long as the webserver user has access to the directory you should be OK.

The webserver is (or at least should be) running the process for the client, so you shouldn't need to worry about client users, unless they have physical, or permitted access to the machine, or great "mystical powers", such as a trojan, or backdoor on the server

HTH
--Paul

You were right it was late on Friday ...

It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ...