Delete a file from a CGI

[Gerardo Herzig]

When you execute a cgi, the program runs under the "apache user" 
(ussualy www or wwwrun or so), so THAT user needs permissions for 
deleting the file. Other approach could be suid'ing the cgi program.

Gerardo

>HI!
>
>I want to delete a file from a CGI, but I always get a Permission denied
>error.
>
>I've tryed this after creating the file (from a normal script):
>
>os.chmod(".lock",stat.S_IMODE(stat.S_IRWXU | stat.S_IRWXO | stat.S_IRWXG))
>os.chown(".lock",pwd.getpwnam("nobody")[2],pwd.getpwnam("nobody")[3])
>
>but the CGI still can't delete the file.
>
>I will appreciate very much your help.
>
>Thanks a lot.
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