Making a .php page a .cgi page

I have somebody or some people who are abusing a Perl based .cgi script.
I have written a PHP page which reports this abuse as per
$_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]. My intentions were to replace the .cgi script
with this .php script. Problem is these people are coming in with some
web crawler or something like that (i.e. wget
http://myserver.com/thescript.cgi). Now if I replace thescript.cgi with
thescript.php they will not hit it. And if I replace thescript.cgi with
my PHP page, because it's not a Perl script yet ends in .cgi Apache is
saying "Exec format error: exec of '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi'
failed". Is there a way I can configure Apache or otherwise have
thescript.cgi execute PHP code (without crippling other .cgi Perl
scripts on my site)?
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re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Andrew DeFaria wrote:
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> I have somebody or some people who are abusing a Perl based .cgi script.
> I have written a PHP page which reports this abuse as per
> $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]. My intentions were to replace the .cgi script
> with this .php script. Problem is these people are coming in with some
> web crawler or something like that (i.e. wget
> http://myserver.com/thescript.cgi). Now if I replace thescript.cgi with
> thescript.php they will not hit it. And if I replace thescript.cgi with
> my PHP page, because it's not a Perl script yet ends in .cgi Apache is
> saying "Exec format error: exec of '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi'
> failed". Is there a way I can configure Apache or otherwise have
> thescript.cgi execute PHP code (without crippling other .cgi Perl
> scripts on my site)?[/color]

Not really. You could try writing a wee wrapper in Perl to replace
script.cgi which then calls the PHP script - but you won't be able to see
most of the parameters.

C.

re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@defaria.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> And if I replace thescript.cgi with my PHP page, because it's not a
> Perl script yet ends in .cgi Apache is saying "Exec format error: exec
> of '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi' failed".[/color]

Then you are doing something wrong. Extensions have no meaning, it's
just a hint for humans (and that broken browser).
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> Is there a way I can configure Apache or otherwise have thescript.cgi
> execute PHP code (without crippling other .cgi Perl scripts on my
> site)?[/color]

So a file named foo.cgi with a content like:
#!/usr/bin/php4
<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>

doesn't work?

Take a look at the Apaches RewriteEngine (mod_rewrite). Alternatively
modify the existing cgi to redirect to the php script.

re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Andrew DeFaria wrote:[color=blue]
> I have somebody or some people who are abusing a Perl based .cgi script.
> I have written a PHP page which reports this abuse as per
> $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]. My intentions were to replace the .cgi script
> with this .php script. Problem is these people are coming in with some
> web crawler or something like that (i.e. wget
> http://myserver.com/thescript.cgi). Now if I replace thescript.cgi with
> thescript.php they will not hit it. And if I replace thescript.cgi with
> my PHP page, because it's not a Perl script yet ends in .cgi Apache is
> saying "Exec format error: exec of '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi'
> failed". Is there a way I can configure Apache or otherwise have
> thescript.cgi execute PHP code (without crippling other .cgi Perl
> scripts on my site)?[/color]

You'll need to tell Apache to parse this file as PHP. I haven't tried
it, but something like this might work in you httpd.conf:

AddType application/x-httpd-php thescript.cgi

If you don't have access to httpd.conf, you probably can add it to your
..htaccess file, but I haven't tried it.

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re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Colin McKinnon wrote:
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> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
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>> I have somebody or some people who are abusing a Perl based .cgi
>> script.I have written a PHP page which reports this abuse as per
>> $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]. My intentions were to replace the .cgi script
>> with this .php script. Problem is these people are coming in with
>> some web crawler or something like that (i.e. wget
>> http://myserver.com/thescript.cgi). Now if I replace thescript.cgi
>> with thescript.php they will not hit it. And if I replace
>> thescript.cgi with my PHP page, because it's not a Perl script yet
>> ends in .cgi Apache is saying "Exec format error: exec of
>> '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi' failed". Is there a way I can
>> configure Apache or otherwise have thescript.cgi execute PHP code
>> (without crippling other .cgi Perl scripts on my site)?[/color]
>
> Not really. You could try writing a wee wrapper in Perl to replace
> script.cgi which then calls the PHP script - but you won't be able to
> see most of the parameters.[/color]

I was wondering if a simple CGI script that redirects to a similarly
named PHP page would work. I will try that tonight.
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re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
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>> I have somebody or some people who are abusing a Perl based .cgi
>> script. I have written a PHP page which reports this abuse as per
>> $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]. My intentions were to replace the .cgi script
>> with this .php script. Problem is these people are coming in with
>> some web crawler or something like that (i.e. wget
>> http://myserver.com/thescript.cgi). Now if I replace thescript.cgi
>> with thescript.php they will not hit it. And if I replace
>> thescript.cgi with my PHP page, because it's not a Perl script yet
>> ends in .cgi Apache is saying "Exec format error: exec of
>> '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi' failed". Is there a way I can
>> configure Apache or otherwise have thescript.cgi execute PHP code
>> (without crippling other .cgi Perl scripts on my site)?[/color]
>
> You'll need to tell Apache to parse this file as PHP. I haven't tried
> it, but something like this might work in you httpd.conf:
>
> AddType application/x-httpd-php thescript.cgi
>
> If you don't have access to httpd.conf, you probably can add it to
> your .htaccess file, but I haven't tried it.[/color]

That would cripple all the other .cgi Perl scripts on my site. I have
configured the CGIType in Apache and normally I want .cgi files to
execute Perl. But in this instance I want the .cgi to be executed by PHP.

I may try a redirect later tonight. Either that or instead of a web page
with embedded PHP I might try the shebang line of #!/usr/bin/php and
have it write out all of the necessary HTML - you know the content
header, etc...
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re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Daniel Tryba wrote:
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> Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@defaria.com> wrote:
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>> And if I replace thescript.cgi with my PHP page, because it's not a
>> Perl script yet ends in .cgi Apache is saying "Exec format error:
>> exec of '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi' failed".[/color]
>
> Then you are doing something wrong. Extensions have no meaning, it's
> just a hint for humans (and that broken browser).[/color]

Extensions have meaning once meaning is assigned. I have configured the
CGI type in Apache. Therefore Apache views all .cgi files a Perl scripts.
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>> Is there a way I can configure Apache or otherwise have thescript.cgi
>> execute PHP code (without crippling other .cgi Perl scripts on my site)?[/color]
>
> So a file named foo.cgi with a content like:
> #!/usr/bin/php4
> <?php
> echo "Hello World!";
> ?>
>
> doesn't work?[/color]

No it doesn't I got "malformed header from script. Bad header=Hello
World!: foo.cgi"
[color=blue]
> Take a look at the Apaches RewriteEngine (mod_rewrite). Alternatively
> modify the existing cgi to redirect to the php script.[/color]

I suspect a better approach is to leave .cgi scripts alone and instead
to do a redirect.
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re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@defaria.com> wrote:

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>> Then you are doing something wrong. Extensions have no meaning, it's
>> just a hint for humans (and that broken browser).[/color]
>
> Extensions have meaning once meaning is assigned. I have configured the
> CGI type in Apache. Therefore Apache views all .cgi files a Perl scripts.[/color]

A very unfortunate assignment.
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>> Take a look at the Apaches RewriteEngine (mod_rewrite). Alternatively
>> modify the existing cgi to redirect to the php script.[/color]
>
> I suspect a better approach is to leave .cgi scripts alone and instead
> to do a redirect.[/color]

That is what the RewriteEngine can be used for...

re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Andrew DeFaria <Andrew@DeFaria.com> writes:
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> I have somebody or some people who are abusing a Perl based .cgi
> script. I have written a PHP page which reports this abuse as per
> $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]. My intentions were to replace the .cgi script
> with this .php script. Problem is these people are coming in with some
> web crawler or something like that (i.e. wget
> http://myserver.com/thescript.cgi). Now if I replace thescript.cgi
> with thescript.php they will not hit it. And if I replace
> thescript.cgi with my PHP page, because it's not a Perl script yet
> ends in .cgi Apache is saying "Exec format error: exec of
> '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi' failed". Is there a way I can
> configure Apache or otherwise have thescript.cgi execute PHP code
> (without crippling other .cgi Perl scripts on my site)?
> --
> Why do you always turn down your radio when looking for an address?[/color]

Use mod_rewrite, it can do what you want (I think)

--Zach

re: Making a .php page a .cgi page

Andrew DeFaria wrote:[color=blue]
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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>> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
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>>> I have somebody or some people who are abusing a Perl based .cgi
>>> script. I have written a PHP page which reports this abuse as per
>>> $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]. My intentions were to replace the .cgi script
>>> with this .php script. Problem is these people are coming in with
>>> some web crawler or something like that (i.e. wget
>>> http://myserver.com/thescript.cgi). Now if I replace thescript.cgi
>>> with thescript.php they will not hit it. And if I replace
>>> thescript.cgi with my PHP page, because it's not a Perl script yet
>>> ends in .cgi Apache is saying "Exec format error: exec of
>>> '/path/to/script/thescript.cgi' failed". Is there a way I can
>>> configure Apache or otherwise have thescript.cgi execute PHP code
>>> (without crippling other .cgi Perl scripts on my site)?[/color]
>>
>>
>> You'll need to tell Apache to parse this file as PHP. I haven't tried
>> it, but something like this might work in you httpd.conf:
>>
>> AddType application/x-httpd-php thescript.cgi
>>
>> If you don't have access to httpd.conf, you probably can add it to
>> your .htaccess file, but I haven't tried it.[/color]
>
>
> That would cripple all the other .cgi Perl scripts on my site. I have
> configured the CGIType in Apache and normally I want .cgi files to
> execute Perl. But in this instance I want the .cgi to be executed by PHP.
>
> I may try a redirect later tonight. Either that or instead of a web page
> with embedded PHP I might try the shebang line of #!/usr/bin/php and
> have it write out all of the necessary HTML - you know the content
> header, etc...[/color]

Andrew,

No, it will only execute "thescript.cgi". If you put in there "*.cgi"
it would cripple all the other scripts.



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