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Running a CGI script in a users home directory.

The cgi script bsc_run will allow the execution of a CGI script in the users home directory. For example, to run the CGI script test in the user's mas home directory the following is entered in a html file.

Formatted text	HTML markup required
Execute test	<A HREF="http://snowwhite.it.bton.ac.uk/cgi-bin/bsc_run?user=mas&file=test"> Execute test </A>

The program mas will list the contents of some important environment variables to the user.

When running a program for example: test for the user mas the following should be noted.

• The program test is located at ~mas/public_html/cgi-bin/test.
• When the program test runs its current working directory is ~mas/public_html.
• The program test executes as the user nobody.
  If you want the program to execute with the priviliges of yourself set the program set uid.
  chmod +t test
• The program test has a CPU limit of 20 seconds.