[phorm] [Phorm:] Re: Install Phormation

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Date: 15 Sep 2003 13:19:09 -0000
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  MESSAGE:  (#3207) Re: Install Phormation 
            <http://www.phorm.com/support/?rev=3207> 
  AUTHOR:   Holotech 
  DATE:     September 15, 2003 at 9:19 a.m. EST 

  Reply To: (#3205) Install Phormation 
  Author:   Antonio 
  Date:     September 13, 2003 at 12:10 p.m. EST 

> I tried to install phormation but my host doesn't have 
> a warpper so I can run the program under my user ID 
> and they told me that tey would not install the 
> wrapper for security reasons. 

I have emailed you the Phormation distribution, but wanted to post my response 
here so others can see it. 

You can run Phormation without your user ID, but be aware that you will have 
to give "world" access to all the directories and files where it will be 
working, and any files it creates will belong to the whatever user name the 
web server is running under. See Footnote 2 in the Phorm documentation for 
more details. 

This is the reason that it is best to run these programs under your user ID - 
without it, you have to give "world" access to all your files, which means 
anyone can read them. This is a security hole. A properly installed script 
wrapper *increases* security, not decrease it. If your host doesn't understand 
this, you might consider finding a more competent one. 

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