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# 1  
Old 09-18-2018
Run command through html+cgi in bash
Hi everyone,
I want to kill process through the web, so I create html page with single bottom that run kill command in shell script with CGI.


Here is html code:
Code:
<td><form METHOD="GET" action="http://IP:port/cgi_bin/script.cgi" > <input type="submit" value= "Submit" > <INPUT  name="q" value="mysql"> </Form></td>


when I hit submit expect run this command on shell "pkill mysql" but not execute it !


I don't find appropriate command for script.cgi!


do you have idea?
# 2  
Old 09-18-2018
my first guess is that the user that the the web server runs as, does not have permission to kill the process.
# 3  
Old 09-18-2018
Run with root user, and give execution permission to script. But problem stiil exist.
# 4  
Old 09-19-2018
jgt means: the cgi script runs as the webserver user:
Code:
ps -ef | grep http

# 5  
Old 09-19-2018
Webserver and cgi run with root user.
# 6  
Old 09-20-2018
CGI as root has security risks.
Maybe your webserver refuses to run CGI scripts as root? Check the Web server logs!
# 7  
Old 09-20-2018
You right i’m just testing with root user after that run script with limited user.
Actually i’m not sure cgi script is correct or not!
Do you know what is the sample of correct cgi script that run kill command on shell?

Thanks,
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