>Number: 4932 >Category: general >Synopsis: PATH variable intermittently lost in CGI scripts >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 30 12:10:00 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: 1.3.9 >Environment: Linux 2.0.36 #1 Sun Mar 7 16:48:12 CST 1999 i686 unknown
Running on a dual PII/450, pretty much standard 5.2 install >Description: I never experienced this problem under 1.3.6, which was running for a few months before I upgraded to 1.3.9. When using simple shell-script CGI, the server seems to occasionally lose track of of the PATH variable. I noticed this both under shell CGI and perl CGI using backtiks to shell a `sort` or `grep` on something. The error log shows: /home/www/www.apartmenthunt.com/cgi/vlist2.cgi: sort: command not found /home/www/www.apartmenthunt.com/cgi/vlist2.cgi: grep: command not found /home/www/www.apartmenthunt.com/cgi/vlist2.cgi: sh: command not found /home/www/www.apartmenthunt.com/cgi/vlist2.cgi: cat: command not found As mentioned, it only happens intermittently, and can fix by fully qualifying the commands (/bin/grep, etc) >How-To-Repeat: bugged version: http://www.apartmenthunt.com/cgi/bug_vlist2.cgi?19 fixed version: http://www.apartmenthunt.com/cgi/vlist2.cgi?19 >Fix: ... by fully qualifying the commands (/bin/grep, etc) inside shell scripts and perl scripts >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! ]
