shell file with tomcat

Mikoreli · 07-15-2001, 02:50 PM

HI,

I'm trying tomcat and I can see html files from a remote client but when I'm trying to execute a shell file I see its text instead of running it. I already tried chmod +x filename but it didn't help me

Hope you know the answer

Thanks for your time

Miko

unSpawn · 07-15-2001, 08:37 PM

u shouldnt be able to execute a shell file from a remote client. it would be a security risk. if the functionality aint available as .cgi consider logging in with say ssh and executing it.

the server is returning magic/mime/mapped extensions, shell is ascii so it returns text I think.

gizmola · 07-16-2001, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by unSpawn
u shouldnt be able to execute a shell file from a remote client. it would be a security risk. if the functionality aint available as .cgi consider logging in with say ssh and executing it.

the server is returning magic/mime/mapped extensions, shell is ascii so it returns text I think.

Yes, tomcat is a jsp server. If you want to call cgi's you probably want to run apache, and configure it to work with tomcat. Then let apache handle the cgi's.

unSpawn · 07-16-2001, 02:13 PM

sure goes to show I never had anything to do with Java :-]