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Kempniu
Hi there,
I was wondering how do all the "free web space" services etc. work -
when one fills in a form, he/she is automatically added to the
system's userlist. How does this work? I mean, how is it possible for
a CGI script to access /etc/passwd without executing `chmod 666
/etc/passwd` first?
And if the users are NOT added to /etc/passwd, then how can they log
in through FTP (e.g. to upload their websites)?
Thanks in advance for any kind of explanation,
Kempniu
I was wondering how do all the "free web space" services etc. work -
when one fills in a form, he/she is automatically added to the
system's userlist. How does this work? I mean, how is it possible for
a CGI script to access /etc/passwd without executing `chmod 666
/etc/passwd` first?
And if the users are NOT added to /etc/passwd, then how can they log
in through FTP (e.g. to upload their websites)?
Thanks in advance for any kind of explanation,
Kempniu