Re: Run arbitrary UNIX commands on webserver without telnet

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Re(2): Run arbitrary UNIX commands on webserver without telnet by dmmiller2k (Chaplain) on Nov 13, 2001 at 18:44 UTC
Not install, per se, but copy to an htaccess-protected directory, use it and remove it. Occasionally, I need perl modules built which the ISP cannot or will not install into the system-wide perl directory; with this I could `PERL5LIB={local lib directory} perl Makefile.PL LIB={local lib directory}; make; make test; make install` to install into a local lib directory of a site I am working on. Some canned scripts (I admit it, I sometimes use them) require a variable set to the absolute path of some directory they need; running a simple `pwd` gives me the prefix of the `chroot`'ed site. You cannot always spec out an ISP that permits telnet access; sometimes, while building a rep with clients, you have to work with what they've got. THEN, when they trust you enough to follow your advice, move them to another ISP dmm	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re (tilly) 3: Run arbitrary UNIX commands on webserver without telnet by tilly (Archbishop) on Nov 14, 2001 at 20:02 UTC
I would recommend firing a consultant who specced out an ISP with telnet access. Shell access? Perfectly reasonable using ssh. But telnet access?	[reply]
Re: Re(2): Run arbitrary UNIX commands on webserver without telnet by chip (Curate) on Nov 13, 2001 at 23:48 UTC
OK, installed temporarily with `.htaccess` protection, I might consider not sacking someone who used the script in question. Maybe. -- Chip Salzenberg, Free-Floating Agent of Chaos	[reply] [d/l]