python 3 cgi fails when file read

[solar3000]

My python cgi on apache ran fine until I added these two lines:

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fileread = open('linesOfText', 'r')
buff = fileread.read()

They run fine in a terminal, but not thru cgi.
So I figure its some kind of security issue. Anyone know why?

[ghp]

Hello,
most possibly there are some error output lines in apache logs which are in /var/log/apache2
If not, then use syslog and a try/except logic like:

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try: 
    file open code...
except Exception as e:
    import syslog
    syslog.syslog( str(e) )

and then errors are written to /var/log/syslog

Hope this helps
Gerhard

[solar3000]

Thanks!
But I figured it out. It needed the full path.

[klintkrossa]

I like to use

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with open(FileName, 'rt') as file_obj:
    FileData = file_obj.read()
    file_obj.close()

The other question is it the second time you tried to enter the file?