Calling A CGI File Not Working...

[stockfire]

Ok, so I have a script to generate a key for some software, but it doesn't seem to be working.

The file "keygen" is in my "cgi-bin" folder.

Here's the code:

//Required variables
$regname = strtoupper($_REQUEST["regname"]);

$regname=str_replace(" ","",$regname);

//Generate the Key.
$key = exec("QUERY_STRING='C1=6E94DC9069A3C59689B&C3=C5FCD0C6CAE4DD076D41&C6=B4D7CBF158FB9495F6216AA882D2EBE6D1BD2EF74B060C091F4852C712EF887BC217B1CB9D5ECD0CE84F7C001474683C04ADA284C757C0E8C356060EB85B68FC865AB322450114A5606343BCFC2BBED7D5D71E7C7B18FD97C0C744C2FFCF633E8D5DE977A327BB2BD34B1D2B82EAE551367D4EFA5D11AE422153E710F56CC206&C7=C681932549AF4E091682DE3E74EFB585E9DDF2F967C7EAAD945EB87F13F7012E81C8453D78B387999E4213F4DC9BD7B30ED5C5719E61EA1581355515D4A6E0740E21ACA264A8E5FD67CFB420E0471831C79B3494B5EAA81002E058EDF7010B2EF954333FD7F9C73D6254F49414BD1C76AC353CC2C36E2DE30327E20F662869D9&RegName=$regname&EncryptionConst=190213445&ModeID=1&SignatureBits=120' REQUEST_METHOD='GET' /home/daytrade/public_html/cgi-bin/keygen.cgi"); 

//$key2 = str_replace("-", "", $key);
$key2 = str_replace("\n", "", $key);
echo"$key - $key2 - $regname"; 

Is there a PHP function to call the cgi file, with that same file path, and test that it is finding it right?

Thanks

[stockfire]

Bump - $20 paypal bonus for help that leads to a solution.

[AnthonySterling]

Can you utilise the keygen.cgi from the browser? Or rather, would the data you require be displayed by the browser if you went to the following URL..

http://.........../cgi-bin/keygen.cgi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egName=$regname&EncryptionConst=190213445&ModeID=1&SignatureBits=120

[bhanson]

If so, then you should be able to load it like this:

$key = file_get_contents("http://url/cgi-bin/keygen.cgi?C1=6E94DC9069A3C59689B&C3=C5FCD0C6CAE4DD076D41&C6=B4D7CBF158FB9495F6216AA882D2EBE6D1BD2EF74B060C091F4852C712EF887BC217B1CB9D5ECD0CE84F7C001474683C04ADA284C757C0E8C356060EB85B68FC865AB322450114A5606343BCFC2BBED7D5D71E7C7B18FD97C0C744C2FFCF633E8D5DE977A327BB2BD34B1D2B82EAE551367D4EFA5D11AE422153E710F56CC206&C7=C681932549AF4E091682DE3E74EFB585E9DDF2F967C7EAAD945EB87F13F7012E81C8453D78B387999E4213F4DC9BD7B30ED5C5719E61EA1581355515D4A6E0740E21ACA264A8E5FD67CFB420E0471831C79B3494B5EAA81002E058EDF7010B2EF954333FD7F9C73D6254F49414BD1C76AC353CC2C36E2DE30327E20F662869D9&RegName=$regname&EncryptionConst=190213445&ModeID=1&SignatureBits=120"); 

Edit:

And probably urlencodeing the query string

[stockfire]

Can you utilise the keygen from the browser? Or rather, would the data you require be displayed by the browser if you went to the following URL..

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egName=$regname&EncryptionConst=190213445&ModeID=1&SignatureBits=120

Thanks for the response... That comes up with:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, emailaddress and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[stockfire]

If so, then you should be able to load it like this:

$key = file_get_contents("cgi-bin/keygen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egName=$regname&EncryptionConst=190213445&ModeID=1&SignatureBits=120"); 

Edit:

And probably urlencodeing the query string

Returns...

Warning: file_get_contents(cgi-bin/keygen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egName=HUNTER&EncryptionConst=190213445&ModeID=1&SignatureBits=120) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error in

[stockfire]

So the problem appears to be a "500 internal server error"... How's that fixed, anyone?

[bhanson]

Can you paste the first couple of lines of the keygen.cgi script?

And have you been able to get it to work at all? Did you write it?

[stockfire]

Can you paste the first couple of lines of the keygen.cgi script?

And have you been able to get it to work at all? Did you write it?

My programmer wrote it, but he doesn't know PHP.

He's spent the weekend implementing it, using PHP... but left me to upload it to my server and reference keygen.cgi with the correct file path.

Is a 500 internal server error common?

When I open it in Notepad and Notepad++ it's just a load of symbols.

[bhanson]

Is it executable? Can you log SSH in and run: chmod +x /home/daytrade/public_html/cgi-bin/keygen.cgi

Also, what is the output of $key when it is not working?

[stockfire]

Is it executable? Can you log SSH in and run: chmod +x /home/daytrade/public_html/cgi-bin/keygen.cgi

Also, what is the output of $key when it is not working?

The output of Key is nothing....

I'll ask my host to run that in SSH, what shall I ask them to check, what is the outcome we are looking for.

Thanks

[bhanson]

The output of Key is nothing....

I'll ask my host to run that in SSH, what shall I ask them to check, what is the outcome we are looking for.

Thanks

It shouldn't output anything. On a linux system in order to run a binary it must have an executable flag. Without this flag then it cannot be ran. You can do a check in PHP with something like this:

var_dump(is_executable('/home/daytrade/public_html/cgi-bin/keygen.cgi')); 

And have you actually seen keygen.cgi work?

[IndyCash]

is this definitely the right path?

/home/daytrade/public_html/cgi-bin/keygen.cgi

and do you get that 500 internal server error when opening the keygen.cgi url in your browser?

[IndyCash]

Also... where are you calling the php file from? It's not in the cgi-bin too is it?

[stockfire]

Hello,

I'm not too familiar with SSH, would you mind running a command for me at
the request of a programmer?

chmod +x /home/daytrade/public_html/cgi-bin/keygen.cgi

Thanks

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Hello,

That has been completed.

regards,

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Scott Sullivan
Systems Administrator
Liquid Web, Inc.

[stockfire]

is this definitely the right path?

/home/daytrade/public_html/cgi-bin/keygen.cgi

and do you get that 500 internal server error when opening the keygen.cgi url in your browser?

No, it just shows a blank page, which it probably is supposed to.

[stockfire]

Also... where are you calling the php file from? It's not in the cgi-bin too is it?

No, it's in "public_html".

[bhanson]

Does your script still not output a key?

[stockfire]

Yeh works now, PM me your paypal address. Thanks a lot.