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

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 <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote:

>jim evans wrote
> 
>
>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

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?
>
> 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.

mbstevens wrote:

>  Charles' suggestion of SSH is good.
>
Pardon, Charles, that was Jim.

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.[/c
olor]

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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mbstevens wrote

> mbstevens wrote:
> 
> Pardon, Charles, that was Jim.

No problem, although I don't have clue what you're on about!

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Charles Sweeney wrote:
> mbstevens wrote
>
> 
>
>
> No problem, although I don't have clue what you're on about!
>
I was misreading -- probably shouldn't post after a large dinner.

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

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 14:42:39 GMT, jim evans <jimsnews@houston.rr.com>
wrote:

>mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote:
> 
>
>This host doesn't support CGI either.
>
>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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