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sparky · #1 (**permalink**) 05-21-2006, 05:15 PM

Very quite on these forums guys ive been away alot but ive been reading my books so now am ready to busy things up few questions.
I'll post them separately to keep it tidy

while i was away i was wondering what is the best way to turn my shell scripts into a web based interface where others could log in and use them.
Is this possible with shell scripts or would i have to use something else like perl or php.
I have been googling this for a while and all examples seem to be perl
(which i intent to learn but one thing at time i guess is best)
If it is possible could someone post an example or a link to some examples
Thanks guys

rockdalinux · #2 (**permalink**) 05-22-2006, 02:09 AM

Welcome back

Run shell script from web page: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faqs/2006/0...m-web-page.php
and http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/fo...opic.php?t=405
Sample php code:

Code:

<?php
$out=system("ls -l");
$da=system("date");
echo "$out 
 $da";
?>

Hope this helps

tom · #3 (**permalink**) 05-22-2006, 11:22 PM

Which book you were reading?

sparky · #4 (**permalink**) 05-28-2006, 03:28 PM

After reading upfor a while i decided to buy Classic shell scripting Classic shell scripting
But i found this book to be a bit to compicated for me even thou i have writtening a few simple scripts with your guys help

So i then ordered Beginning shell scriptingThis is a much better book for beginners much easier to understand.
when i have read and understood this book i am sure the first one will make more sense.
I am at the moment look for a good simple book on sed and awk then may be perl.
Thanks for your reply rockdalinux But did not help to much can t seem to find any examples that would help turn my scripts into a little web panel you could log in to and manage any examples i find seems to be in perl with php.
my script basically add user starts and stop css servers etc
This what i see in ssh but i like to add this to a web page interface
What do you wish to do ? anwser 1 to 10

1. Start css server
2. Change rcon pass word
3. View server start details
4. Add user details
5 View user detail
6. Server.cfg tick conf
7. Restart Servers
8. Teamspeak options
9. Search for records
10. Delete records

Answer (or 'q' to quit)
Any examples would be great
Or may be i am barking up the wrong tree and i would need to program with something else to make this work.

monk · #5 (**permalink**) 05-28-2006, 06:14 PM

Hmm

If you want to turn it into web panel then I suggest you go for perl. To be frank you can use shell scripts running as cgi. But perl (or php) is good for this kind of work. Now let us talk about logic:

When you will login, it will display menu as you suggested:

Let us say you have 10 shell scripts for 10 jobs as 1.cgi, 2.cgi … 10.cgi

So when user select first option you need to run 1.cgi and output back its status to browser. It is that simple.

Now it may be simple task for me but not for newbie like you. So here is some idea / code to kick start your work.

wpan.php (put in /var/www/html/my/ or your web root dir):

Code:

<?php
// path to cgi-bin script
$cgiurl="http://localhost:81/cgi-bin";

function head(){
 echo "<html><head><title>my Web Panel</title></head><body>";
}

function foot(){
  echo "</body></html>";
}

function menu(){
global $cgiurl;
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/1.cgi>1. Start css server</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/2.cgi>2. Change rcon pass word</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/3.cgi>3. View server start details</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/4.cgi>4. Add user details</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/5.cgi>5 View user detail</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/6.cgi>6. Server.cfg tick conf</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/7.cgi>7. Restart Servers</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/8.cgi>8. Teamspeak options</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/9.cgi>9. Search for records</a>
";
echo "<a href=$cgiurl/10.cgi>10. Delete records</a>
";
}

head();
menu();
foot();
?>

Make sure you point out $cgiurl to correct cgi-bin path and domain name.

Now, put 1.cgi in /usr/lib/cgi-bin or directory where cgi-bin are permitted:
1.cgi

Code:

#!/bin/sh
echo "Content-type: text/html"
echo ""
echo "<html><head><title>Start css server</title></head><body>"
echo "Put your Actual shell code to start css server :)
"
echo "<a href=javascript:history.back();>Go back to web panel</a>"
echo "</body></html>"

1.cgi is nothing but a shell script. You need to put your actual logic to restart the server or delete record and so on…

This is a sample script, use same logic to create all other scripts. Make sure you put all scripts in a password protected directories so that only you can access them.

Now open browser and run wpan.php, if everything is correct (code and location) you should able to run actual shell script from your own panel.

No matter how many books you read you will never find a real life example (either you implement it or ask someone who has actually implemented it) That is why I wrote this entire example for you.

If you need more help, just start specific new thread and some will assist you and Good luck with your project.