Re: Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files
As I mentioned before, I am able to get the CGI to execute merely by changing the file extension to something more unix-friendly (.exe -- .sh). Sorry, I have not tried includes to know if it works consistently or not. --jason Stephan Orme wrote: I posted something on this earlier - can you get *any* cgi to work when it's included? Here's my previous post: I'm using Tomcat 4.0.3 to serve dynamic and static pages. I can get includes to work and I can get CGI's to work but I can't get included CGI's to work. you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose... Anyway, here's what works: includes on .html pages: !--#include virtual=Shared/footer-- includes on .jsp pages: %@ include file=Shared/footer % CGI that works: http://localhost/PCW/cgi-bin/test-cgi And here's what DOESN'T work (this is on a .html page) !--#include virtual=/cgi-bin/test-cgi-- !--#include virtual=/PCW/cgi-bin/test-cgi-- !--#include virtual=../../WEB-INF/cgi/test-cgi-- My Tomcat config file is completely standard - I uncommented the SSI and CGI bits and renamed the appropriate .jar files but there are no other config changes. Since both CGI's and includes work my assumption here is that the SSI servlet doesn't call the CGI servlet. In other words when I call the CGI from the URL it gets handled by the CGI servlet, and when I include it it gets handled by the SSI servlet but what I need is for the SSI servlet to call the CGI servlet which it doesn't do. It doesn't appear that any file extensions are checked by the CGI servlet, and I cannot find any code that explicitly 'allows' or 'denies' certain file extensions. As far as I can tell, the request for /cgi-bin/whatever.exe is not being handled by the CGIServlet at all. When CGIServlet is invoked, it tries to find the cgi file, and prints logs so you can tell this is happening. A request for an .exe file does not cause this log to get printed. So this tells me that the request is never getting sent to the CGIServlet, even though it matches the /cgi-bin/* pattern, which the CGIServlet is supposed to handle. --jason Turner, John wrote: .exe may not be explicitly excluded as an extension, but are other file extensions explicitly included? Like .sh, .pl, .cgi? John -Original Message- From: Jason Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files ...snip... Are there just some file extensions that Tomcat will not try to execute? I looked at the source code, and couldn't find any reference to .exe files that would exclude them from execution... Thanks for any help or insight into this matter! Jason Young -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files
I posted something on this earlier - can you get *any* cgi to work when it's included? Here's my previous post: I'm using Tomcat 4.0.3 to serve dynamic and static pages. I can get includes to work and I can get CGI's to work but I can't get included CGI's to work. you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose... Anyway, here's what works: includes on .html pages: !--#include virtual=Shared/footer-- includes on .jsp pages: %@ include file=Shared/footer % CGI that works: http://localhost/PCW/cgi-bin/test-cgi And here's what DOESN'T work (this is on a .html page) !--#include virtual=/cgi-bin/test-cgi-- !--#include virtual=/PCW/cgi-bin/test-cgi-- !--#include virtual=../../WEB-INF/cgi/test-cgi-- My Tomcat config file is completely standard - I uncommented the SSI and CGI bits and renamed the appropriate .jar files but there are no other config changes. Since both CGI's and includes work my assumption here is that the SSI servlet doesn't call the CGI servlet. In other words when I call the CGI from the URL it gets handled by the CGI servlet, and when I include it it gets handled by the SSI servlet but what I need is for the SSI servlet to call the CGI servlet which it doesn't do. It doesn't appear that any file extensions are checked by the CGI servlet, and I cannot find any code that explicitly 'allows' or 'denies' certain file extensions. As far as I can tell, the request for /cgi-bin/whatever.exe is not being handled by the CGIServlet at all. When CGIServlet is invoked, it tries to find the cgi file, and prints logs so you can tell this is happening. A request for an .exe file does not cause this log to get printed. So this tells me that the request is never getting sent to the CGIServlet, even though it matches the /cgi-bin/* pattern, which the CGIServlet is supposed to handle. --jason Turner, John wrote: .exe may not be explicitly excluded as an extension, but are other file extensions explicitly included? Like .sh, .pl, .cgi? John -Original Message- From: Jason Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files ...snip... Are there just some file extensions that Tomcat will not try to execute? I looked at the source code, and couldn't find any reference to .exe files that would exclude them from execution... Thanks for any help or insight into this matter! Jason Young -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files
I have Tomcat 4.0.3 installed on a Solaris 8 box, and have been trying to set up the CGI functionality. I have a 3rd party web application that has binary executables, all of which are named filename.exe. Don't get me started on why a unix binary would have an .exe file extension... The problem is that Tomcat is always returning the binary to the browser, instead of executing it. Simply changing the extension of the binary to .sh (renaming the binary) will cause Tomcat to actually execute it. However, I would like to not have to modify this 3rd party app, since much of their HTML references these cgi's... I cannot see a difference in my configuration that would cause Tomcat to work correctly with .sh files, and not .exe files. My cgi servlet mapping should be causing the execution of all files that match the /cgi-bin/* pattern. Are there just some file extensions that Tomcat will not try to execute? I looked at the source code, and couldn't find any reference to .exe files that would exclude them from execution... Thanks for any help or insight into this matter! Jason Young Inet Technologies, Inc. 1500 N Greenville Ave Richardson, TX 75081 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files
.exe may not be explicitly excluded as an extension, but are other file extensions explicitly included? Like .sh, .pl, .cgi? John -Original Message- From: Jason Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files ...snip... Are there just some file extensions that Tomcat will not try to execute? I looked at the source code, and couldn't find any reference to .exe files that would exclude them from execution... Thanks for any help or insight into this matter! Jason Young Inet Technologies, Inc. 1500 N Greenville Ave Richardson, TX 75081 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files
It doesn't appear that any file extensions are checked by the CGI servlet, and I cannot find any code that explicitly 'allows' or 'denies' certain file extensions. As far as I can tell, the request for /cgi-bin/whatever.exe is not being handled by the CGIServlet at all. When CGIServlet is invoked, it tries to find the cgi file, and prints logs so you can tell this is happening. A request for an .exe file does not cause this log to get printed. So this tells me that the request is never getting sent to the CGIServlet, even though it matches the /cgi-bin/* pattern, which the CGIServlet is supposed to handle. --jason Turner, John wrote: .exe may not be explicitly excluded as an extension, but are other file extensions explicitly included? Like .sh, .pl, .cgi? John -Original Message- From: Jason Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 11:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Problem invoking CGIs that are EXE files ...snip... Are there just some file extensions that Tomcat will not try to execute? I looked at the source code, and couldn't find any reference to .exe files that would exclude them from execution... Thanks for any help or insight into this matter! Jason Young Inet Technologies, Inc. 1500 N Greenville Ave Richardson, TX 75081 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
