> Mark Bixby <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> >
> > Charles D MEEKER writes:
> > > It will not run cgi-bin scripts though, so it appears the exec()
warning is
> > > correct.  Anyone know of a workaround?
> >
> > The solution used in the NCSA 1.3 port was to try the direct exec()
first,
> > and if that fails, try to exec /bin/sh passing the script name as a
> parameter.
> >
> > I'd like to avoid putting that kind of logic in to solve a problem
that goes
> > away under 5.5.  Consider this an incentive for you to upgrade to
5.5.  ;-)
> > --
>
>
> If I plead would you consider it? The problem is I work for a large
company
> (Hewlett-Parkard ironicly) and our system admins will not upgrade to
5.5.
> They want to wait until the end of this year and go to 6.0. The
problem
> is they have hundreds of machines and are not willing to make
exceptions,
> especially for production machines.
>
>
> Plead, plead, plead, plead.
>

But your allowed to run unsupported freeware?
Interesting.