[olug] Running commands from web pages.

Wes Ferrel wferrel at ferrel.org
Tue Feb 8 18:12:43 UTC 2005


Ok, so I think I'm missing something obvious.

I have a web page which by way of a simple cgi (shell) script, prompts 
for a host and runs either mtr or traceroute from the web host to the 
entered address.

This was working on a previous RH 9 system (don't recall other 
details).  However, running on FC3, with apache 2.0.52 I'm getting errors:

traceroute: icmp socket: Permission denied

mtr: unable to get raw sockets.

Anyone with thoughts / suggestions?

I have a feeling the answer will be a slap-to-the-head, "DOH" kind of 
moment.

    Thanks
       Wes



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