"Cooper, Vickie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/08/2004 07:45:15
PM:
> Is there a way to run a system command in a cgi script to issue a
> listcat?
It probably depends on the access restrictions placed
on the user who runs the cgi script. Most Unix based
web servers run the httpd daemon as a restricted user
such as "nobody" so as to expressly prevent unauthorized
access to system data or resources.
It has been a while since I logged in to OE running WebSphere
or the like but you might need to know who runs it.
The shell command:
ps -ef
may be able to help you track it down.
> If I run this perl script...it works:
> $aaa=`tso "listc level('myuserid')"`;
> print "aaa: $aaa";
>
> This comes back with aaa: and all of my datasets.
>
> But, if I now run it as a cgi, it doesn't:
> print <<END_OF_TEXT;
> Content-type: text/html
>
> <HTML>
> <BODY>
> </CENTER>
> END_OF_TEXT
>
> $aaa=`tso "listc level('myuserid')"`;
> print "aaa: $aaa";
> print <<END_OF_TEXT;
> </BODY>
> </HTML>
> END_OF_TEXT
>
> This comes back with aaa: and nothing after it.
The nobody (or equivalent) user may not be allowed to
access your data set catalog. That may be done on purpose.
You might need to review security considerations with
you administrators. Once those are addressed you may need
to be careful about full high level qualifier specifications
too.
Peter Prymmer
