a simple C wrapper for setuid cgi-bin invocations

[david nicol]

/* C wrapper to invoke a specific command
 */

#include <stdio.h>

int shelldo(char *c){
        FILE *F;
        F = popen(c,"w");
        return pclose(F);
        fflush(NULL);
};

int main(){
        FILE *F;
        printf("Content-Type: text/plainnn");
        fflush(NULL);
        /* popen will use our STDOUT in sub-shell * /
        shelldo("echo transferring $QUERY_STRING");
        shelldo("whoami");
        shelldo("echo EUID is $EUID UID is $UID");
        shelldo("something system-dependent");
 /* */
        shelldo("the thing I want to run setuid");
};

-- 
david nicol
    "People used to be able to read my thoughts, but
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