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SSI under apache 1.3.3 won't execute Unix commands

SSI under apache 1.3.3 won't execute Unix commands

Post by Tony Ka » Thu, 18 Feb 1999 04:00:00



My web service provider just upgraded from Apache 1.2.x to 1.3.x

My SSI files stopped working correctly. The problem is with the ones that call
Unix commands like 'date' 'cat' 'grep'

SSI pages that call local (in the same directory) CGI files still work.

This still works:

  <!--#exec cmd="./logdir.cgi"-->

This no longer works:

  <!--#exec cmd="date '+%a ...  %h %d, %Y ... %T'"-->

Any suggestions?


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SSI under apache 1.3.3 won't execute Unix commands

Post by Joshua Sliv » Fri, 19 Feb 1999 04:00:00



> My web service provider just upgraded from Apache 1.2.x to 1.3.x
> My SSI files stopped working correctly. The problem is with the ones that call
> Unix commands like 'date' 'cat' 'grep'
> SSI pages that call local (in the same directory) CGI files still work.
> This still works:
>   <!--#exec cmd="./logdir.cgi"-->
> This no longer works:
>   <!--#exec cmd="date '+%a ...  %h %d, %Y ... %T'"-->
> Any suggestions?

What does "no longer works" mean?  What is in the error log?
What is in the resulting HTML file?

1. Maybe a PATH problem?  Try including the full path to the excecutable.

2. You should have a space between the end of the cmd and the -->.

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SSI under apache 1.3.3 won't execute Unix commands

Post by Sevo Still » Fri, 19 Feb 1999 04:00:00



> My web service provider just upgraded from Apache 1.2.x to 1.3.x

> My SSI files stopped working correctly. The problem is with the ones that call
> Unix commands like 'date' 'cat' 'grep'

> SSI pages that call local (in the same directory) CGI files still work.

> This still works:

>   <!--#exec cmd="./logdir.cgi"-->

> This no longer works:

>   <!--#exec cmd="date '+%a ...  %h %d, %Y ... %T'"-->

> Any suggestions?

"exec cmd" is rather evil, but it did (for compatibilities sake) not
change in 1.3. Your provider presumably changed the startup script for
apache to use a more restricted PATH, a different shell or a chroot
environment. In any case, unlimited "exec cmd" is nothing a good
provider would want to offer on a user-managed virtual host, as the
security implications are quite severe, and your provider may
intentionally have blocked it. Ask your provider about alternatives!

Sevo

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