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Sending Command to Server Without Telnet
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| jim evans 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| My web host does not allow telnet, but I need to issue a couple of unix
commands. Is there a way to do this other than telnet?
jim
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| jim evans wrote
> My web host does not allow telnet, but I need to issue a couple of unix
> commands. Is there a way to do this other than telnet?
SSH. Secure shell. Telnet is old-fashioned and unsecure. You can use
something like Putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
on your PC to connect to the server and issue unix-type commands. Your
host needs to permit it though.
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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com
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| jim evans 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote:
>jim evans wrote
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>SSH. Secure shell. Telnet is old-fashioned and unsecure. You can use
>something like Putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
>on your PC to connect to the server and issue unix-type commands. Your
>host needs to permit it though.
Putty is a SSH version of Telnet. I was using Telnet generically. My host does
not permit any version of Telnet.
jim
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| mbstevens 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| jim evans wrote:
> My web host does not allow telnet, but I need to issue a couple of unix
> commands. Is there a way to do this other than telnet?
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> jim
You can call a PERL script through CGI through a regular web page.
But it's dangerous if you make a mistake and allow user input to do
something you didn't intend. You have to carefully de-taint that input.
Charles' suggestion of SSH is good. You should also investigae SOAP.
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| mbstevens 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| mbstevens wrote:
> Charles' suggestion of SSH is good.
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Pardon, Charles, that was Jim.
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| Toby Inkster 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| jim evans wrote:
> Putty is a SSH version of Telnet.
Huh? PuTTY is a piece of software that supports several protocols
including SSH and Telnet.
> I was using Telnet generically. My host does not permit any version of Telnet.
SSH is not a version of Telnet. It's an entirely different protocol
(though it can be used for similar purposes). If your host does not
support SSH: in the long term, find a better host; in the short term,
use PHP or Perl's system() function. (The same function does more or
less the same thing in both languages.)
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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact
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| Charles Sweeney 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| mbstevens wrote
> mbstevens wrote:
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> Pardon, Charles, that was Jim.
No problem, although I don't have clue what you're on about!
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Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com
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| mbstevens 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| Charles Sweeney wrote:
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> No problem, although I don't have clue what you're on about!
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I was misreading -- probably shouldn't post after a large dinner.
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| jim evans 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote:
>jim evans wrote:
>You can call a PERL script through CGI through a regular web page.
This host doesn't support CGI either.
jim
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| Matt Probert 2006-06-11, 3:59 am |
| On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:42:39 GMT, jim evans <jimsnews@houston.rr.com>
wrote:
>mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote:
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>This host doesn't support CGI either.
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>jim
Sounds like a bolted down shared service. Ask your host to do what you
need done, or move to your own server.
Matt
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