#! ./perl # # Put the full path to perl5.002 on the first line, or a symbolic link to perl in # the startup directory. # # CGIservlet: # A HTTPd "connector" for running CGI scripts on unix systems as WWW # accessible Web sites. The servlet starts a true HTTP daemon that channels # HTTP requests to forked daughter processes. CGIservlet.pl is NOT a # full fledged server. Moreover, this servlet is definitely NOT intended # as a replacement of a real server (e.g., Apache). It's design goal was # SIMPLICITY, and not mileage. # # Note that a HTTP server can be accessed on your local machine WITHOUT # internet access (but WITH a DNS?): # use "http://localhost[:port]/[path]" or "http://127.0.0.1[:port]/[path]" # as the URL. It is also easy to restrict access to the servlet to localhost # users (i.e., the computer running the servlet). # # Suggested uses: # - A testbed for CGI-scripts and document-trees outside the primary server. # When developing new scripts and services, you don't want to mess up your # current Web-site. CGIservlet is an easy way to start a temporary (private) # server. CGIservlet allows to test separate HTTP server components, e.g., # user authentication, in isolation. # # - A special purpose temporary server (WWW everywhere/anytime). # We run identification and other experiments over the inter-/intra-net using # CGI-scripts. This means a lot of development and changes and only little # actual run-time. The people doing this do not want "scripting" access to our # departmental server with all its restrictions and security. So we need a # small, lightweigth, easy-to-configure server that can be run by each # investigator on her own account (and risk). # # - Interactive WWW presentations. # Not everyone is content with the features of "standard" office presentation # software. HTML and its associated browsers are an alternative (especially # under Linux). However, you need a server to realize the full interactive # nature of the WWW. CGIservlet with the necessary scripts can be run from # a floppie (a Web server in 100 kB). The CGIservlet can actually run a # (small) web site from RAM, without disk access (if you DO NOT use the # 2>pid.log redirection on startup). # With the "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" id in your browser you can use the # servlet standalone. # # When the servlet is started with the -r option, only requests from "localhost" # or "127.0.0.1" are accepted (default) or from addresses indicated after the # -r switch. # # Running demo's and more information can be found at # http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/rob/OSS/OSS.html # # ############################################################################ # # Changes (document ALL changes with date, name and email here): # # 8 Dec 1999 - Included hooks for compression when running from RAM. # 2 Dec 1999 - Autoflush enabled. # 2 Dec 1999 - Allow running a Web Site from RAM. # 2 Dec 1999 - Changed the behavior of CGIservletSETUP. CGIservlet # will eval ALL setup files, the one in the CGIscriptor # subdirectory (if any) AND the one in the current # directory. (also added a close(SETUP) command) # 26 Nov 1999 - Added some minimal security for 'automatic', out of # the box installation. # 26 Nov 1999 - Made the text/osshell mime-type functional (i.e., # without any scripts, implement a dynamic web server) # Linited to '.cgi' extension. # 26 Nov 1999 - Added aliasing of URL paths, both one-to-one lookups # and full regular expression, i.e., $Path =~ s/.../.../g # replace commands # 28 Sep 1999 - Made all client supplied HTTP parameter names lowercase # to handle inconsistencies in case use. # 29 Jul 1999 - Allowed for a SETUP configuration file 'CGIservletSETUP.pl'. # Use $beginarg from the 'CGIscriptor/' directory if it exists. # (Rob.van.Son@hum.uva.nl) # # ############################################################################ # # Known bugs # # 23 Mar 2000 - An odd server side network error is reported by Netscape # when a Post is initiated from a Javascript Submit of a #
. This was found on Red Hat 6.1 Linux with perl 5.00503, # 5.00503 and 5.6.0. But not on IRIX or Red Hat 5.0. # ############################################################################ # # # Inner workings: # Whenever an HTTP request is received, the specified CGI script is # started inside a child process as if it was inside a real server (e.g., # Apache). The evironment variables are set more or less as in Apache. # Note that CGIservlet only uses a SINGLE script for ALL requests. # No attemps for security are made, it is the script's responsibility to # check access rights and the validity of the request. # When no scripts are given, CGIservlet runs as a bare bone WWW server # configurable to execute scripts (the default setting is as a # STATIC server). # # Author and copyright (c) : # Rob van Son # email: # Rob.van.Son@hum.uva.nl # rob.van.son@workmail.com (more private) # mail: # Institute of Phonetic Sciences # University of Amsterdam # Herengracht 338 # NL-1016CG Amsterdam # The Netherlands # tel +31 205252183 # fax +31 205252197 # # copying freely from the mhttpd server by Jerry LeVan (levan@eagle.eku.edu) # Date: March 23, 2000 # Version:1.200 # Env: Perl 5.002 # # ################################################################################ # # # LICENCE # # # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License # # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 # # of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # # GNU General Public License for more details. # # # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, # # Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. # # # ################################################################################ # # Note: CGIservlet.pl was directly inspired by Jerry LeVan's # (levan@eagle.eku.edu) simple mhttpd server which again was # inspired by work of others. CGIservlet is used as a bare bones # socket server for a single CGI script at a time. # # Use: CGIservlet.pl - 2>pid.log & (sh/bash) # CGIservlet.pl - >&pid.log & (csh) # # The servlet prints out pid and port number on STDERR. It is # adviced to store these in a separate file (this will become the # error log). # NOTE: When running CGIservlet from a Memmory Image (i.e. RAM), # do NOT redirect the error output to a file, but use something # like MAILTO! # # Stop: sh pid.log (kills the server process) # # The first line in the file that receives STDERR output is a command # to stop CGIservlet. # # examples: # CGIservlet.pl -p 2345 -d /cgi-bin/CGIscriptor.pl -t /WWW 2>pid.log & # CGIservlet.pl -p 8080 -b 'require "CGIscriptor.pl";' -t $PWD -e \ # 'Handle_Request();' 2>pid.log & # # The following example settings implement a static WWW server using 'cat' # (and prohibiting Queries): # -p 8008 # -t `pwd` # -b '' # -e # '$ENV{QUERY_STRING}="";$ENV{PATH_INFO}=~/\.([\w]+)$/; "Content-type: ".$mimeType{uc($1)}."\n\n";' # -d 'cat -u -s' # -w '/index.html' # -c 32 # -l 512 # # This is identical to the (static) behaviour of CGIservlet when # -e '' -d '' -x '' is used. # The CGIservlet command should be run from the intended server-root directory. # # Another setting will use a package 'CGIscriptor.pl' with a function # 'HandleRequest()' to implement an interactive WWW server with inline # Perl scripting: # -p 8080 # -t `pwd` # -b 'require "CGIscriptor.pl";' # -e 'HandleRequest();' # -d '' # -w '/index.html' # -c 32 # -l 32767 # # Look below or in the CGIservletSETUP.pl file for the current default # settings. # # # ############################################################################### # # There are many switches to tailor the workings of CGIservlet.pl. # Some are fairly esoteric and you should only look for them if you # need something special urgently. When building a Web site, # the specific options you need will "suggest" themselves (e.g., port # number, script, or server-root directory). Most default settings # should work fine. # # You can add your own configuration in a file called # 'CGIservletSETUP.pl'. This file will be executed ("eval"-ed) # after the default setup, but before the command line options take # effect. CGIservlet looks for the SETUP file in the startup directory # and in the CGIscriptor subdirectory. # (Note that the $beginarg variable is evaluated AFTER the setup file). # # In any case, it is best to change the default settings instead of # using the option switches. All defaults are put in a single block. # # switches and arguments: # Realy important # -p[ort] port number # For example -p 2345 # Obviously the port CGIservlet listenes to. Suggested Default: -p 8008 # # -a[lias] Alias1 RealURL1 ... # For example -a '/Stimulus.aifc' '/catAIFC.xmr' # Replaces the given Alias URL path by its real URL path. Accepts full # regular expressions too (identified by NON-URL characters). # That is, on each request it performs (in order): # if($AliasTranslation{$Path}) # { # $Path = $AliasTranslation{$Path}; # } # elsif(@RegAliasTranslation) # { # my $i; # for($i=0; $i RealURL pairs (ONLY paths) # Regular expression alias translation, in order of application # (this can be quite slow) my @RegAliasTranslation = (); # Full regular expression alias/url pairs: URL my @RegURLTranslation = (); # Full regular expression alias/url pairs: PATH my $textroot = $ENV{'PWD'} || `pwd`; # current working directory chomp($textroot); # Remove nasty newline, if present my $doarg = ''; # do "filename", my $beginarg = ''; # eval($Argument) at the start of the program my $evalarg = ''; # eval($Argument) for each request my $execarg = ''; # execute `command \'$textroot$Path\' \'$QueryString\'` my $welcome = '/index.html'; # Default path # Rudimentary security, overflow detection my $MaxBrood = 32; # Maximum number of running children my $MaxLength = 2**15; # Maximum Request Length # If one of the following lists contains any client addresses or names, all others are # blocked (be carefull, your site will be inaccessible if you misspell them). my @RemoteHost = (); # Accepted Hosts, suggest: localhost my @RemoteAddr = (); # Accepted IP addresses, suggest: @RemoteAddr=('127.0.0.1') my $DefaultRemoteAddr = '127.0.0.1'; # default, use localhost IP address my $NONAME = 0; # if 1, do NOT ask for REMOTE_HOST (faster) # Store the whole Web Site in a hash table and use this RAM memory image my $UseRAMimage = 0; # Empty function handlers for data compression # In general, these must be redefined in the $beginarg my $CompressRAMimage = sub { return shift;}; my $DecompressRAMimage = sub { return shift;}; # Execute shell CGI scripts when no -d, -e, or -x are supplied my $ExecuteOSshell = 0; # Do you REALY want this? It is dangerous ################################################################# # # # Configure CGIservlet with a setup file (overides the # # default settings, but not the command line options). # # Note that, if it exists, the setup file in the CGIscriptor # # subdirectory is processed EVEN if there is a SETUP file # # in the current directory. # # # ################################################################# # There exists a CGIscriptor subdirectory and it contains # a CGIservletSETUP.pl file if((-e './CGIscriptor/CGIservletSETUP.pl') && open(SETUP, '<./CGIscriptor/CGIservletSETUP.pl')) { # Get the setup code my $SetupCode = join("", ); # 'Eval' is used to ensure that the values are entered in the current # package (contrary to what 'do' and 'require' do). (eval $SetupCode) || die "$! $@\n"; close(SETUP); }; # There is a CGIservletSETUP.pl file in the current directory if((-e './CGIservletSETUP.pl') && open(SETUP, '<./CGIservletSETUP.pl')) { # Get the setup code my $SetupCode = join("", ); # 'Eval' is used to ensure that the values are entered in the current # package (contrary to what 'do' and 'require' do). (eval $SetupCode) || die "$! $@\n"; close(SETUP); }; ###################################### # # # process arguments and defaults # # # ###################################### while ($_ = shift(@ARGV)) { # With switches if(/\-p/is) # Port { $port = shift(@ARGV); } elsif(/\-d/is) # Do { $doarg = shift(@ARGV); } elsif(/\-(x|qx|exec)/is) # Execute { $execarg = shift(@ARGV); } elsif(/\-b/is) # Begin { $beginarg = shift(@ARGV); } elsif(/\-e/is) # Evaluate { $evalarg = shift(@ARGV); } elsif(/\-t/is) # Textroot { $textroot = shift(@ARGV); } elsif(/\-w/is) # Default welcome page { $welcome = shift(@ARGV); } elsif(/\-c/is) # Maximum Children { $MaxBrood = shift(@ARGV) || $MaxBrood; } elsif(/\-l/is) # Maximum Length { $MaxLength = shift(@ARGV) || $MaxLength; } elsif(/\-a/is) # Aliases { while(@ARGV && $ARGV[0] !~ /^\-/) # while not a parameter { my $Alias = shift(@ARGV); my $RealURL = $ARGV[0] !~ /^\-/ ? shift(@ARGV) : ""; next unless $Alias && $RealURL; # Store the alias # Simple straight translations unless($Alias =~ m/[\Q^$*&@!\?(){}[];:\E]/) { $AliasTranslation{$Alias} = $RealURL; } else # Full regular expressions { push(@RegAliasTranslation, $Alias); push(@RegURLTranslation, $RealURL); }; }; } elsif(/\-r/is) # Remote host or address { while(@ARGV && $ARGV[0] !~ /^\-/) # while not a parameter { my $Remote = shift(@ARGV); if($Remote =~ /[\d\.]+/) # A host IP address { push(@RemoteAddr, $Remote); } else # A host domain name, less secure { push(@RemoteHost, $Remote); }; }; # # Use the default Remote Host (Client) IP address (e.g., localhost) # if no addresses or domain names are entered. push(@RemoteAddr, $DefaultRemoteAddr) unless @RemoteAddr || @RemoteHost; } elsif(/\-n/is) # Do NOT extract Remote host { $NONAME = 1; } else # perform unreliable magick without switches { if(/^[0-9]+$/ && $_ > 1024) # A (large) number must be a port { $port = $_; } elsif(-T && /\.pl$/) # Text file with extension .pl is a Perl file { $doarg = $_; } elsif(-T && /\.pm$/) # Text file with extension .pm is a Perl module file { $beginarg = $_; } elsif(-x) # Executables can be executed { $execarg = $_; } elsif(-d) # A directory can only be the root { $textroot = $_; } elsif(-T && /^\// && /\.html$/) # An html file path is the default path { $welcome = $_; } elsif(-T) # A text file is something to do { $doarg = $_; } elsif(/[\s\{\`\[\@\%]/) # I give up, just try it { $evalarg = shift(@ARGV); }; }; }; ################################################ # # # All argument values are known. # # Initialize environment variables. # # (should be accessible to eval($beginarg)) # # # ################################################ # # Initialize %ENV $ENV{'SERVER_SOFTWARE'} = "$program $version"; $ENV{'GATEWAY_INTERFACE'} = "CGI/1.1"; $ENV{'SERVER_PORT'} = "$port"; $ENV{'CGI_HOME'} = $textroot; $ENV{'SERVER_ROOT'} = $textroot; # Server Root Directory $ENV{'SCRIPT_NAME'} = $doarg.$execarg.$evalarg; # Combine executable arguments ################################################ # # # The initial argument should be evaluated # # # ################################################ eval($beginarg) if $beginarg; ################################################ # # # The initial argument has been evaluated # # # ################################################ # # Socket related code my $proto = getprotobyname('tcp'); $port = $1 if $port =~ /(\d+)/; # untaint port number socket(Server, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, $proto) || die "socket: $!"; setsockopt(Server, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, pack("l", 1)) || die "setsockopt: $!"; bind(Server, sockaddr_in($port, INADDR_ANY)) || die "bind: $!"; listen(Server,SOMAXCONN) || die "listen: $!"; # # Report start of server logmsg "server started on port $port"; # Set up SIG vector (every signal will kill the process that receives it) $SIG{CHLD} = 'IGNORE'; $SIG{'KILL'} = "SigHandler"; $SIG{'TERM'} = "SigHandler"; $SIG{'QUIT'} = "SigHandler"; $SIG{'HUP'} = "SigHandler"; # Define text mime types served if no scripts are defined # Note that the "text/osshell" mime-type is executed by CGIservlet ITSELF! # You should remove it if you don't want that! my %mimeType = ( 'HTML'=> "text/html", 'TXT' => "text/plain", 'PL' => "text/plain", # This is incorrect, of course 'JPG' => "image/jpeg", 'JPEG' => "image/jpeg", 'GIF' => "image/gif", 'AU' => "audio/basic", 'AIF' => "audio/aiff", 'AIFC' => "audio/aiff", 'AIFF' => "audio/aiff", 'GZ' => "application/gzip", 'CGI' => "text/osshell", # Executes SERVER side shell scripts, HIGHLY DANGEROUS 'WAV' => "audio/wav" ); ################################################ # # # Fill the RAM image of the web site # # # ################################################ my %WWWramImage = (); if($UseRAMimage) { my $TotalSize = 0; my @WWWfilelist = `find $textroot ! -type l ! -type d -print`; my $WWWfile; foreach $WWWfile (@WWWfilelist) { chomp($WWWfile); # Skip unsupported file types $WWWfile =~ /\.(\w+)$/; my $WWWfileExtension = uc($1); next unless $mimeType{$WWWfileExtension}; # Store GnuZipped image of file $WWWramImage{$WWWfile} = ""; open(FILEIN, "<$WWWfile") || die "$WWWfile could not be opened: $!\n"; my $Buffer; while(sysread(FILEIN, $Buffer, 1024)) { $WWWramImage{$WWWfile} .= $Buffer; }; # Apply compression my $CompressedPtr = &$CompressRAMimage(\${WWWramImage{$WWWfile}}); $WWWramImage{$WWWfile} = $$CompressedPtr; $TotalSize += length($WWWramImage{$WWWfile}); }; # # Report size of Web RAM image print STDERR "Total number of $TotalSize bytes read in memory image\n"; }; ################################################ # # # The RAM image of the web site has been # # filled. # # # ################################################ # Map HTTP request parameters to Environment variables # HTTP request => Environment variable my %HTTPtype = ( 'content-length' => 'CONTENT_LENGTH', # Necessary for POST 'user-agent' => 'HTTP_USER_AGENT', 'accept' => 'HTTP_ACCEPT', 'content-type' => 'CONTENT_TYPE', 'auth-type' => 'AUTH_TYPE', 'ident' => 'REMOTE_IDENT', 'referer' => 'HTTP_REFERER', 'user' => 'REMOTE_USER', 'connection' => 'HTTP_CONNECTION', 'accept-language' => 'HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE', 'accept-encoding' => 'HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING', 'accept-charset' => 'HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET', 'host' => 'HTTP_HOST' ); ############################################################################### # # # Now we start with the real work. When there is a request, get the required # # values and fork a child to service it. # # # ############################################################################### my @brood = (); my $child; # When someone knocks on the door for (;;) { my $paddr; if(!($paddr = accept(Client,Server)) ) # Knock knock { exit 1; # This went terrribly wrong }; # Fork to child and parent if(($child =fork()) == 0) { # this is the child my ($port,$iaddr) = sockaddr_in($paddr); my $address = inet_ntoa($iaddr); # The IP address of the Client # The following is EXTREMELY slow and generally unnecessary. # Use -n or set $NONAME = 1; if you don't need it. my $name = $NONAME ? '' : gethostbyaddr($iaddr,AF_INET); my @Input = (); # # Before doing anything else, check whether the client should be # served at all. # Is IP addr on the list? if(@RemoteAddr && !grep(/^\Q$address\E/, @RemoteAddr)) { print STDERR "Reject $address $name\n"; exit 1; }; # Is name on the list? if(@RemoteHost && !grep(/\Q$name\E$/, @RemoteHost)) { print STDERR "Reject $name $address\n"; exit 1; }; # # Grab a line without using buffered input... Important for # Post methods since they have to read the Client input stream. # my $string = ""; my $ch = ""; my $length = 0; alarm 120 ; # prevent deadly spin if other end goes away while(sysread(Client, $ch, 1)>0) { $string .= $ch; ++$length; last if $length > $MaxLength; # Protect against overflow next if $ch eq "\r"; # skip if($ch eq "\n") { last unless $string =~ /\S/; # stop if empty line push (@Input, split(' ', $string)); # Collect input in list $string = ""; }; }; alarm 0; # clear alarm # Extract input arguments my $method = shift(@Input); my $Request = shift(@Input); my $protocol = shift(@Input); my ($Path, $QueryString) = split('\?', $Request); # Get rest of Input my $HTTPparameter; my %HTTPtable = (); while($HTTPparameter = lc(shift(@Input))) { chop($HTTPparameter); $HTTPtable{$HTTPparameter} = ""; while(@Input && $Input[0] !~ /\:$/) { $HTTPtable{$HTTPparameter} .= " " if $HTTPtable{$HTTPparameter}; $HTTPtable{$HTTPparameter} .= shift(@Input); }; }; # Translate the Aliases if($AliasTranslation{$Path}) { $Path = $AliasTranslation{$Path}; } elsif(@RegAliasTranslation) { my $i; for($i=0; $i&Client"); print STDOUT "HTTP/1.0 200 OK\n"; # Supply HTTP protocol information # Start processing of request (note that ALL scripts will be executed if # present, i.e., if -d, -x, and -e are entered, they are alle processed). # If in memory-only mode, store the requested file in an environment # variable: CGI_FILE_CONTENTS undef($ENV{'CGI_FILE_CONTENTS'}); # Make sure the ENV var doesn't exist if($UseRAMimage) { my $DecompressedPtr = &$DecompressRAMimage(\${WWWramImage{"$textroot$Path"}}); $ENV{'CGI_FILE_CONTENTS'} = $$DecompressedPtr; # Decompression does not seem to work }; # do perl script @ARGV = ("$textroot$Path", $QueryString); do "$doarg" if $doarg; # The perl script should do the printing # evaluate perl command print STDOUT eval($evalarg) if $evalarg; # execute shell command if($execarg) { my $shellscript = $execarg; # Attempts to use Paths or Queries containing '-quotes are rejected. # Executing these would compromise security. die "Quotes in path: $textroot$Path\n" if "$textroot$Path" =~ /\'/; $shellscript .= " '$textroot$Path'" if $Path; die "Quotes in query: $QueryString\n" if $QueryString =~ /\'/; $shellscript .= " '$QueryString'" if $QueryString; $shellscript = qx{$shellscript}; print STDOUT $shellscript; }; # Output files if no scripts are given (actually, this should be # handled by a script). Unknown mimetypes are killed. # This is more or less a functional (dynamic) Web server in itself. unless($doarg || $execarg || $evalarg) # Request not already handled { die ".. trick: $address $name $Path $QueryString\n" if $Path =~ m@\.\./@ ; # No tricks! $Path =~ /\.([\w]+)$/; # Get extension my $extension = uc($1); my $mime = $mimeType{$extension} || exit 0; # illegal mime's are killed # Print out the document if(($mime eq 'text/osshell') && $ExecuteOSshell) # Don't use this unless you know what you'r doing { # Note that CGI scripts must supply their own content type # Some rudimentary security tests # Kill child if the path contains any non-URL characters die "ATTACK: ADDR:$ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'} HOST:$ENV{'REMOTE_HOST'} URL=$Path '$QueryString'\n" if $Path =~ m@[^\w\-\.\/]@; # Exclusive list of allowed characters # If you want to execute server side shell scripts, use the 'text/osshell' # mime-type (see above) but remember that there is NO SECURITY implemented # whatsoever. # Plain Web site from DISK unless($UseRAMimage) { print STDOUT `$textroot$Path`; # This is Russian Roulette } else # Use a RAM image of the web site { my $ShellInterpreter = '/usr/bin/sh'; if($ENV{'CGI_FILE_CONTENTS'} =~ /^\#\!\s*([^\r\n]+)/isg) { $ShellInterpreter = $1; }; # Execute shell script open(RAMOUT, "| $ShellInterpreter") || die "ERROR open RAMOUT $ShellInterpreter $textroot$Path $! $@\n"; (print RAMOUT $ENV{'CGI_FILE_CONTENTS'}) || die "ERROR print RAMOUT $ShellInterpreter $textroot$Path $! $@\n"; close(RAMOUT); }; } elsif($mime) { # Content-type and document print STDOUT "Content-type: $mime\n\n"; # Plain Web site from DISK unless($UseRAMimage) { print STDOUT `cat '$textroot$Path'` # lazy, let the OS do the work } else # Use a RAM image of the web site { print STDOUT $ENV{'CGI_FILE_CONTENTS'}; }; }; }; close(STDOUT); close(STDIN); # exit 0; # Kill Child } else { # # parent code...some systems will have to worry about waiting # before they can actually close the link to the Client # Determine which of the children are actually still alive my @old_brood = @brood; @brood = (); # empty brood foreach (@old_brood) { push(@brood, $_) if kill (0, $_); # Alive? }; # Weed out overflow of children (zombies etc.) my $oldest; for($oldest=0; $oldest < scalar(@brood)-$MaxBrood; ++$oldest) { kill "KILL", $brood[$oldest] if $brood[$oldest]; # Remove }; # Push new child on the list push (@brood, $child); close Client; # This is it, ready! }; }; # Interupt handler for shutting down sub SigHandler { my $sig = shift; exit 1; } =head1 NAME CGIservlet - a HTTPd "connector" for running CGI scripts on unix systems as WWW accessible Web sites. =head1 DESCRIPTION The servlet starts a true HTTP daemon that channels HTTP requests to forked daughter processes. Can run a (small) WWW-site from memory. =head1 README Whenever an HTTP request is received, the specified CGI script is started inside a child process as if it was inside a real server (e.g., Apache). The evironment variables are set more or less as in Apache. Note that CGIservlet only uses a SINGLE script for ALL requests. No attemps for security are made, it is the script's responsibility to check access rights and the validity of the request. Can store the files of Web site in memory and serve them on request. =head1 PREREQUISITES This script requires the C, Socket and Carp modules. =head1 COREQUISITES =pod OSNAMES Unix =pod SCRIPT CATEGORIES CGI Web =cut