From: "Danny Wilkins via 9fans" <9fans@9fans.net>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] rc-httpd cgi heredocs
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:54:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1B798008-74A7-4CD3-8BD3-5E159605860C@sdf.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aPbU3WePhxAOcYNH@duke.tekk.in>
Ended up getting a response on IRC:
This was because CGI scripts are run as none, who has no write permissions. It was fixed by adding a ramfs call to the script to make a none-writable /tmp
On October 20, 2025 8:36:11 PM EDT, Danny Wilkins via 9fans <9fans@9fans.net> wrote:
> (Sorry if the last message got through, misremembered m as new mail in nedmail and it forwarded the first message in my inbox)
>
> I'm messing around with cgi scripts in rc-httpd to store my html templates, however when I try to execute them, the script
> errors out because it can't open /tmp/herex..... . I assume herefiles are 'fake' and just throw a file in /tmp, but what do
> I need to do to let cgi scripts use them? I'm invoking my script with the cgi handler and I don't see any special handling
> for tmp in there.
>
> Thanks,
> Danny
> y
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