Posted by user on 05/30/07 22:10

Micha

Thanks for the reply.

Michael Fesser wrote:

> .oO(user)
>
>
>>A web site I am looking at has their php support using CGI and claim
>>that is for security.
>>
>>Is this fact or fiction?
>
>
> Fact. On a shared host using the PHP CGI binary makes it easier to have
> all scripts executed under the name and with the access privileges of
> their owners. With using the PHP server module usually all scripts run
> under the same user name (e.g. "nobody"), which is a security problem.
>
> The drawback of the CGI version is a little performance hit.
>
> Micha

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