On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:47:38PM -0500, Herbert Graf wrote:
> > >         It's a parallel port web cam,
> > >         I didn't write the program,
> > >         therefore I can't write a device driver.
> >
> > OK. All of this is helpful. I presume that all of this works when you run
> > from the command line right?
>
>         Yes.
>
> > Another way to simplify this process is to have a deamonized script that
> > simply snaps a current image over a certain interval. The your apache CGI
> > can pick up whatever the last image snapped was. It should be no problem
> > even if it's 15 seconds slow.
>
>         That's not an option for the app in question. Thanks anyways. TTYL

OK. Then let's get some futher clarification:

1) What type of file is the program that actually accessing the port? Is it
   an executable or a script? What's its SUID status?

2) What's the CGI? Is it an executable or a script? What is its SUID status?

3) What is the connection between the script and the program that accesses the
   webcam?

4) What error do you get when you attempt to involk the webcam program from
   the script.

I'd like to help, but I need more information.

BAJ

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