From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
Date: 2003-12-06T08:17:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Dir.mkdir fails


On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 07:05:08AM +0900, Jesper Olsen wrote:
> From a mod_ruby cgi_script I try to use
> 
> Dir.mkdir("mydir")
> 
> to create a new directory via a web application.

> For some reason this fails 

How is it failing?  What is the error being reported or exception
being thrown?  Is it possible that you're trying
to create the directory underneath a directory that doesn't exist?
As long as the argument is untainted, Dir.mkdir should be allowed at
$SAFE == 1.

-Mark