GET Request from Revolution Fails

Sannyasin Sivakatirswami katir at hindu.org
Sun Dec 28 14:32:17 EST 2003


Right, tried that, still doesn't work...tried different shells too, 
still no response from shell from xTalk script.... maybe on the latest 
version of Red Hat (which the web host is using for our virtual server) 
there is some other shell call required?

Ouch, this one has stopped us cold...


On Dec 27, 2003, at 6:07 PM, Brian Yennie wrote:

> I would try setting the "shellCommand" property- I've seen that needed 
> on various configurations before. See the docs for a description, but 
> basically you need to set it to a valid shell script binary, i.e. 
> /bin/tcsh
>
> HTH
>
> Brian
>
>> Ok, this was good in theory. But shell seems "dead" with the linux 
>> engine we are using.
>>
>> We can log into the Linux server in Austin from Hawaii via SSH and 
>> issue a shell command like this
>>
>> ls -al  ## obvious and simple
>>
>> But if we run this from inside an xTalk  CGI, nothing happens:
>>
>>
>> on startUp
>> put ("ls -al") into temp
>> get shell(temp)
>> put it into var1
>> put "Content-Type: text/plain" & cr
>> put "Content-Length:" && the length of var1 & cr & cr
>> put var1
>> end startUp
>>
>> var1 is empty.
>>
>> The version we are using is linux metacard engine version 2.4 build 
>> 2... but docs indicate shell  commands should work find for that 
>> version.
>>
>> Any hope?
>>
>> This is working on OSX with the latest version of Revolution. Is 
>> anyone aware of what the status of shell was with v2.4 b2?
>>
>> Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
>> Himalayan Academy Publications
>> at Kauai's Hindu Monastery
>> katir at hindu.org
>>
>> www.HimalayanAcademy.com,
>> www.HinduismToday.com
>> www.Gurudeva.org
>> www.Hindu.org
>> On Dec 26, 2003, at 7:55 PM, Jan Schenkel wrote:
>>
>>> --- Sannyasin Sivakatirswami <katir at hindu.org> wrote:
>>>> OK more info on this one:
>>>>
>>>> We suspect it is because Revolution is not able to
>>>> accept an https
>>>> URL... it return "Invalid URL"  a search on the
>>>> lists doesn't turn up
>>>> much....
>>>>
>>>> Hope there is a work around and we are missing
>>>> something simple...
>>>>
>>>> ## where we are trying to get the returned web page
>>>> from verisign
>>>>
>>>> put URL
>>>> "https://payflowlink.verisign.com/payflowlink.cfm?
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's in the keyword 'https' -- libURL doesn't support
>>> secure http yet, as that requires SSL.
>>>
>>>> We could use the onboard "curl" shell command but
>>>> the credit card info
>>>> is going to end up in the server logs... not ideal.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not necessarily ; while I was in college I spent time
>>> with some 'creative minds' who had come up with the
>>> following trick to erase their steps on the Solaris
>>> server : make the shell history file for the user
>>> read-only for the owner with 'chmid 111' ; this
>>> effectively prevents the shell from writing to its
>>> history file.
>>>
>>> Hope this helped a bit,
>>>
>>> Jan Schenkel.
>>>
>>> =====
>>> "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same 
>>> time."  (La Rochefoucauld)
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