Re: shell script cgi

[Ralf Dreibrodt <ralf () dreibrodt de>]

Hi,

here is another try, that sometimes works:

Brian Hatch wrote:
> To emulate this, let's set it ourselves in a normal shell:
>
>         bash$ export VAR='`cat /etc/passwd`'
>         bash$ echo $VAR
>         `cat /etc/passwd`

bash:~# export VAR='-e test\ntest'
bash:~# echo $VAR
test
test
bash:~# echo "$VAR"
-e test\ntest
bash:~# 

well, the "$VAR" means, that $VAR is the first argument for echo.

IMHO there is nothing you can do to execute code in this statement.

bye
ralf