At 2:08 +0900 5/7/03, Andreas Schwarz wrote:
>Paul DuBois wrote:
>  >>BTW: can mod_ruby be used on shared servers like mod_php?
>>
>>  I'm not sure why sharing a server would preclude use of mod_ruby...
>
>For the same reasons why mod_php needs a "safemode": because all scripts
>run under the same uid?

That will happen by default whether you run Ruby/PHP as a module or as
a CGI program.  Granted, with a CGI, you have the option of changing the
uid.

Apache 2 may provide some relief here; I believe you can associate specific
uids with particular parts of the document tree.