execute unix scripts from web.

[mithun m surpur]

Yeah can we execute unix scripts from web.IF so can u provide any solution for it

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] provide any solution for it

What, exactly, is "it"?

You might learn something from a Web search
for keywords, like, say:

cgi shell script

but my psychic powers are too weak to tell me
what you really want to do, or what you have
to do it with.

Is there some actual problem which you are
trying to solve? (Could you reveal it?)

[mithun m surpur]

Launch vmstr scripts from web using logged in user
reporting vmstr completion
history
Report errors from output files. Logs
Execute Install scripts
move to IUT â needs enhancement
e!Vista m- capture metric for build times and keep history
OMS - capture metric for build times and keep history
IOD - capture metric for build times and keep history
build nohup s- - start from one session, and pick up where you left off
must be able to recover from ClearCase errors that require a remount of view
developers could also use the utility

[mithun m surpur]

Its a real time sceniaro

[Torsten.]

The common gateway interface (CGI) is made for server side scripting based on apache web server from the early days of apache until now. Meanwhile there are other solutions too (e.g. PHP extensions), but the basics are very similar.

[Mel Burslan]

Since shell scripts are not known for being secure, it is usually frowned upon by webmasters and sysadmins, to execute any sort of shell scripts via apache's cgi ability. Having said that, it can be done and I have done it in the distant past. So distant that I no longer remember the specifics of how an what I modified in the httpd.conf file. But it was simple enough to accomplish in less than an hour.

My suggestion is to accomplish what you want to do with a language, which is a bit more geared towards cgi/web interfacing (can you say PERL ?) and then port this to your web server. It will save you a ton of support headaches later down the road.

[Wilfred Chau_1]

yes, like in php, you can embed the script via a exec call.
e.g.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

and depending on the function of the script, if it requires root privileged, you will need to suid the script (which is not recommended).

[mithun m surpur]

I am working CGI now.I will ask the details as time requires..Could please tell me any good website were i can get details for CGI.Thank you

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] Could please tell me any good website
> were i can get details for CGI.Thank you

Define "good". Is Google broken?

> You might learn something from a Web search
> for keywords, like, say:
>
> cgi shell script

Still true, I believe.