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Reply to topic   Topic: CGI access files outside Apache domain
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stockton



Joined: 15 Dec 2016
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Location: Midrand, South Africa

PostPosted: Wed 22 Aug '18 9:52    Post subject: CGI access files outside Apache domain Reply with quote

I have a working system that I want to use to produce a "Real Time" webpage.
The current system monitors a solar system via serial link from Inverter to a Linux PC. This in turn, using socket programming sends this data every few seconds to a 2nd Linux PC, which writes said data into a file on a USB attached HDD and there lies the problem.
I have Apache2 running on this 2nd machine but would like to create a real time web page showing the current situation with the solar system. I have created the page in HTML, calling Ajax which in turn calls either a C or PHP program to retrieve data from aforementioned text file on the USB attached HDD. namely in a folder called /media/pi/MyPassport/Axpert but both programs fail with due to permission error.
How do I solve this?
Of course, the other way would be to retrieve the data from the aforementioned socket program using Javascript or some such but how?
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7288
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Mon 27 Aug '18 15:09    Post subject: Re: CGI access files outside Apache domain Reply with quote

stockton wrote:
/media/pi/MyPassport/Axpert but both programs fail with due to permission error.


Change the permissions of that mount or change the ower / group that apache is able to access that mount.
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