>Number: 4898 >Category: general >Synopsis: 1.3.9 cgi exec is broken if script is calling other programs >which delivers on stdout >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 24 05:10:00 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.9 >Environment: OS: Windows NT 4.0 , ServicePacke 5 Visual C++ 5.0 >Description: With the new apache version 1.3.9 I have the effect that no output is delivered from cgi-scripts if this output is produced from other child programs (except batch scripts) inside the script. The behavior is different if I start apache as a console application. I this case new windows pop up, with the expected contents, but not returned to the connected client. >How-To-Repeat:
====== @echo off echo Content-type: text/html echo. echo on echo "<html>" echo "<pre>" echo '-----------------' C:\winnt\system32\cmd.EXE /A hugo date h:\l\CYGWIN~1\CYGWIN~1\H-I586~1\bin\sh.EXE -c date h:\l\perl-active-517\bin\perl.EXE -V echo '=================' set echo "</pre>" echo "</html> ====== >Fix: One fix was given by Bill Stoddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows which fixes this problem on my configuration. > It does appear broken. If you have a compiler available, here is what you can > do to change the behaviour. In file util_script.c, find the CreateProcess(). > On CreateProcess, change DETACHED_PROCESS to 0. This is breaking 16 bit CGIs > as > well. Bill >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, you need] [to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line and make sure the] [subject line starts with the report component and number, with ] [or without any 'Re:' prefixes (such as "general/1098:" or ] ["Re: general/1098:"). If the subject doesn't match this ] [pattern, your message will be misfiled and ignored. The ] ["apbugs" address is not added to the Cc line of messages from ] [the database automatically because of the potential for mail ] [loops. If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request from a ] [developer. Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ]
