The following reply was made to PR os-solaris/3746; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mistry Jaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Apache bugs database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: os-solaris/3746: Server disconnects session Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:35:18 -0800 (PST) On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Mistry Jaya wrote: > > This is an issue with the web server because the perl script > works from the command line prompt. > > We also placed a sniffer on the network it points to the http server > closing the connection. The spawn child is being closed by the server > too quickly. You are not running a "program", you are running a CGI. There are specific requirements for a CGI. The way things work from an interactive shell versus a non-interactive shell, from one user to a different user (ie. the web server), from one context to another, etc. varies widely, especially with things like rsh. It makes no sense to say that the server is closing the child too quickly; it does not close it until the script tells it to. > > > > > > > > > At 05:34 PM 1/22/99 -0000, you wrote: > >[In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] > >[you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] > >[and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] > >[automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] > >[If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] > >[nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] > >[from a developer. ] > >[Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ] > > > > > >Synopsis: Server disconnects session > > > >State-Changed-From-To: open-closed > >State-Changed-By: marc > >State-Changed-When: Fri Jan 22 09:34:05 PST 1999 > >State-Changed-Why: > >This is not an issue with the web server, but an issue > >with Unix and perl programming. Various things work differently > >under an interactive shell and a non-interactive shell, but > >we really don't have the resources to help people with how > >to write their CGIs. > > > > > > > > >
