Could it be a problem with file and directory rights or path settings? Try using full path for openssl and the input and output files. Best regards, Reiner. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Adamski > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 08:28 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problem with openssl smime command from within Perl cgi > > > I have created a perl script as follows: > > ------------ > #!/usr/local/bin/perl > require 'cgi-lib.pl'; > > $what = `openssl smime -encrypt -in infile.txt -from [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ > \ -to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -subject "Encrypted message" -des3 \ > \ -out outfile.msg you.pem`; > > print &PrintHeader; > print '<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Did it work?</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><H1>Did it > work?<BR></H1>'; > print $what; > print '</BODY></HTML>'; > ------------ > > In my program, the $what = `...` line is all on one line, split here for > ease of reading. > > >>From the command prompt, the file works wonderfully. It produces the needed > sendmail ready file as outfile.msg. > > When executed through the web as a cgi program, the program executes with no > errors, displaying the page as it should with $what == "" telling me that > the command was sent with no problem. > But when I check the output, the outfile.msg is created but it is 0 bytes in > size. No actual output is written to the file. It all seems that the > command is being called just fine, but the output isn't being written fully. > > I've tried the following combination with the exact same results: > > ----------- > #!/usr/local/bin/perl > require 'cgi-lib.pl'; > > $command = 'openssl smime -encrypt -in infile.txt -from [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ > \ -to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -subject "Encrypted message" -des3 -out \ > \ outfile.msg you.pem'; > > system $command; > print &PrintHeader; > print '<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Did it work?</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><H1>Did it > work?<BR></H1>'; > print '</BODY></HTML>'; > ------------ > > > Does anyone have any ideas as to what problem I'm running into? > > I appreciate your help. > > Thanks, > > -David Adamski > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
