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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting HTML Code to Run a Script from Remote Unix Host Post 302655125 by ddreggors on Tuesday 12th of June 2012 10:18:12 PM
Old 06-12-2012
First Question:
Quote:
Is there anyway that i can write an HTML Code with a button so taht when I Click on a Button it will start the Script.
There are several ways to do this, the most common is to write a CGI script that your html page will use as the "Action" of a form. You would need to read up on forms in html, and CGI.
This requires (possibly) changes to your web servers configuration file to set a "CGI" script path and the proper permissions.

Another avenue would be PHP and it's "system()" function. Again, requires adequate permissions. PHP runs the command as the user that web server is running as. That can be tricky to get right as well.

The bigger question is it the possible risk of exploit? Running a system command from a web page is usually ill advised. You are opening the door to all kinds of unexpected behavior, not the least of which is being hacked.


Second Question:
Quote:
Can we pass arguments from HTML page? eg:- this Script has a Parameter, i would like to pass that from HTML page..
Certainly, html forms can use the "GET" or "POST" method to pass parameters. Usually a text box, or check boxes, or even a drop down can be used to select the parameters you want in the form. Then when you click your submit button, these values are sent to the "action" script/page for procession using the "GET" or "POST" method.


I would start by reading up on html forms, once you can get the form to submit to another page and you can print the correct strings on the resulting page... then start looking into php or cgi.
 

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upsstats.cgi

UPSSTATS.CGI(8) 						    NUT Manual							   UPSSTATS.CGI(8)

NAME

       upsstats.cgi - Web-based UPS status viewer

SYNOPSIS

       upsstats.cgi

	   Note
	   As a CGI program, this should be invoked through your web server. If you run it from the command line, it will either complain about
	   unauthorized access or spew a bunch of HTML at you.

DESCRIPTION

       upsstats.cgi uses template files to build web pages containing status information from UPS hardware. It can repeat sections of those
       template files to monitor several UPSes simultaneously, or focus on a single UPS.

       These templates can also include references to upsimage.cgi(8) for graphical displays of battery charge levels, voltage readings, and the
       UPS load.

ACCESS CONTROL

       upsstats will only talk to upsd(8) servers that have been defined in your hosts.conf(5). If it complains that "Access to that host is not
       authorized", check that file first.

TEMPLATES

       The web page that is displayed is actually a template containing commands to upsstats which are replaced by status information. The default
       file used for the overview is upsstats.html.

       When monitoring a single UPS, the file displayed is upsstats-single.html.

       The format of these files, including the possible commands, is documented in upsstats.html(5).

FILES

       hosts.conf(5), upsstats.html(5), upsstats-single.html

SEE ALSO

       upsimage.cgi(8)

   Internet resources:
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