cgi access to files not in apache 2 tree

On a Fedora Core 2 box, I have Apache 2 running a perl cgi script (cvsweb)
in /cgi-bin/. cvsweb should display the contents of a CVS repository in
/home/rancid/CVS on a web page.

Pointing my browser at http:/foo.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi, I draw an error
message, "Error: No valid CVS roots found! See @CVSrepositories in the
configuration file (/etc/cvsweb/cvsweb.conf)."

log/httpd/error_log states, "Root '/home/rancid/var/rancid/CVS' defined in
@CVSrepositories is not a directory, entry ignored at
/var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi line 491."

The repository is is inded at the location specificed, and is functional.
The error isn't "permission denied," it's that cvsweb.cgi can't even see
the directory /home/rancid/CVS. What do I need to add to httpd.conf to
allow a cgi script to see a CVS database in /home/...

Thanks!

"Joseph McCarty" <jatlee@sonic.net> schreef in bericht
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> On a Fedora Core 2 box, I have Apache 2 running a perl cgi script (cvsweb)
> in /cgi-bin/. cvsweb should display the contents of a CVS repository in
> /home/rancid/CVS on a web page.
>
> Pointing my browser at http:/foo.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi, I draw an error
> message, "Error: No valid CVS roots found! See @CVSrepositories in the
> configuration file (/etc/cvsweb/cvsweb.conf)."
>
> log/httpd/error_log states, "Root '/home/rancid/var/rancid/CVS' defined in
> @CVSrepositories is not a directory, entry ignored at
> /var/www/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi line 491."
BTW, that's not the most recent version (3.0.4).

> The repository is is inded at the location specificed, and is functional.
> The error isn't "permission denied," it's that cvsweb.cgi can't even see
> the directory /home/rancid/CVS.
The pathes logged '/home/rancid/var/rancid/CVS' and specified
'/home/rancid/CVS' are _not_ the same.

> What do I need to add to httpd.conf to
> allow a cgi script to see a CVS database in /home/...
Probably nothing ...
Most likely the user running the apache -or CGI- process is not granted
access to the folder '/home/rancid/var/rancid/CVS'.

HansH