There's a quoting issue in your rsh line, unless it's been created by your email program.
-------------------------- David Olbersen iGuard Engineer 11415 West Bernardo Court San Diego, CA 92127 1-858-676-2277 x2152 > -----Original Message----- > From: Distribution Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 3:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: should be simple perl cgi > > > Can anyone please tell me what is wrong with this > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > print "Content-type:text/html\n\n"; > > $OUTPUT = `rsh testaix "ldapsearch -h <hostname> -D "cn=root" -w > <password> -b "o=<company>,c=us" uid=<userid> userpassword | grep > userpassword | cut -f 2 -d ="`; > > chomp ($OUTPUT); > > > print "<META HTTP-EQUIV='refresh' CONTENT='0; > URL=https://testaix/mail/mail/src/redirect_pd.php?secret=$OUTPUT'>\n"; > > basically, $OUTPUT has a password that I get from LDAP, and I > want to send > this variable to via a redirect to redirect_pd.php > > When I run from command line it looks good > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cgi-bin]# ./test1.pl > Content-type:text/html > > <META HTTP-EQUIV='refresh' CONTENT='0; > URL=https://testaix/mail/mail/src/redirect_pd.php?secret=hamster1'> > > > > but through a web browser $OUTPUT is a null value. > What am I missing here ? > > thanks > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]