[Labs-l] Shell scripts and CGI on Tools

Mon Sep 22 18:36:25 UTC 2014

Hello,

I've been trying to get this to work for days and am running out of
ideas. 

Attempting to accomplish something simple: Run a /bin/sh script via
CGI 

The script is called server.sh and contains this:

    #!/bin/sh
    echo "Hello World"

It resides in
/data/project/ext-lnk-discover/public_html/cgi-bin/server.sh

The .lighttpd.conf is 

    debug.log-request-handling = "enable"    
    static-file.exclude-extensions += ( ".sh" )
    $HTTP["url"] =~ "^cgi-bin" {
            cgi.assign = ( "" => "" )
    }
http://tools.wmflabs.org/ext-lnk-discover/cgi-bin/server.sh 

returns "403 Forbidden"

The Lighttpd error.log is long, located in
/data/project/ext-lnk-discover/error.log, but the last two lines:

2014-09-22 18:10:19: (mod_compress.c.683) -- handling file as static
file
2014-09-22 18:10:19: (mod_staticfile.c.389) -- NOT handling file as
static file, extension forbidden

This would suggest .sh extension is the problem, but I changed the
name to .fcgi or whatever doesn't matter get the same error.

Maybe I need to use FCGI? New .lighttpd.conf:

   fastcgi.server += ( "/" =>
     ((
       "socket" => "/tmp/ext-lnk-discover-server.sock",
       "bin-path" =>
"/data/project/ext-lnk-discover/public_html/cgi-bin/server.sh",
       "check-local" => "disable",
       "max-procs" => 1,
      ))
   )

Error.log now shows:

2014-09-22 18:21:20: (mod_fastcgi.c.1104) the fastcgi-backend
/data/project/ext-lnk-discover/public_html/cgi-bin/server.sh failed to
start:
2014-09-22 18:21:20: (mod_fastcgi.c.1108) child exited with status 0
/data/project/ext-lnk-discover/public_html/cgi-bin/server.sh
2014-09-22 18:21:20: (mod_fastcgi.c.1111) If you're trying to run your
app as a FastCGI backend, make sure you're using the FastCGI-enabled
version.
If this is PHP on Gentoo, add 'fastcgi' to the USE flags.
2014-09-22 18:21:20: (mod_fastcgi.c.1399) [ERROR]: spawning fcgi
failed.
2014-09-22 18:21:20: (server.c.938) Configuration of plugins failed.
Going down.

(this happens on webserver restart)

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I've tried other scripts: bash, Perl and csh with same results.

I'm beginning to think the problem is security, perhaps a jailed shell
on the Grid? Any help appreciated!
Thanks,
GreenC
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