automatic start of netscape https server

[Roberto Gallis]

Hi all,
I need to create a script to automatic launch netscape https server.
Netscape has a script start to launch the server, but you need to enter a password for the certificate.
I think I need to pass the password from a file (maybe crypted with crypt) and put it on /sbin/init.d ana a S900 link on /sbin/


start script is:

#!/bin/sh

SERVER_ROOT=/usr/netscape/suitespot
PRODUCT_NAME=https
PRODUCT_BIN=uxwdog
PRODUCT_SUBDIR=/usr/netscape/suitespot/https-open1

cd $SERVER_ROOT/bin/$PRODUCT_NAME
./$PRODUCT_BIN -d $PRODUCT_SUBDIR/config $@
if test $? -ne 0 ; then
exit 1
fi
dcfe02:/usr/netscape/suitespot/https-open1#>more start
#!/bin/sh

SERVER_ROOT=/usr/netscape/suitespot
PRODUCT_NAME=https
PRODUCT_BIN=uxwdog
PRODUCT_SUBDIR=/usr/netscape/suitespot/https-open1

cd $SERVER_ROOT/bin/$PRODUCT_NAME
./$PRODUCT_BIN -d $PRODUCT_SUBDIR/config $@
if test $? -ne 0 ; then
exit 1
fi


How can I implement my automatic script?

Regards
Roberto

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Use Expect. Based on a substring of the "expected" output such as "password: ", you can use Expect to key in the password in the password field for you.

Example:
=====================================
#!/usr/bin/expect

spawn netscape-server-startup
expect "password: "
send "abcdef\n"
close
=====================================

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com

[Roberto Gallis]

Sorry,
what's expect? is a unix command? I can't find it...

[Bill Hassell]

expect is a freeware progam that's available from the HP-UX Liverpool archive:

hpux.connect.org.uk

Other useful programs for HP-UX sysadmins:

lsof and sudo

[Roberto Gallis]

I've studied the netscape documentation
To start ssl server at boot you need to build password.conf in the ssl server config directory.
That's all

Best Regards

Roberto