Apache2 failing to pass POST data to stdin of script!?!?

Hi,

Haven't posted here in ages. I'm using Apache2 from freeware.sgi.com and
I think that something has gone awry because I can't get Apache to pass
POST-form data to stdin like it should. When I submit a form with POST
data to myserver/cgi-bin/test-cgi it shows that there are 309 chars to
be read..but never shows the data itself(all of them printable)

At first I had thought it was my script or maybe the interpreter(Rexx
for those curious) but AFAIK, that test should show argc as 1 and argv
as the POST form data.

Anyone had this problem before? I have seen a person or two on the Linux
forums say they got this problem when they moved from Apache 1.3->2.0
but nobody took it as an Apache problem, but I think not. I'm
configuring and attempting to compile the latest 2.0.54 but I'll
probably have a better answer before I finish.

TIA

Eric

In article <1126210359.c2f32f29871c996f6ce0043a62d64b40@teranews>,
"Eric H." <nospamsucker@burnoutatstdiodotcom.replace.at.and.dot.com> wrote:

: Hi,
:
: Haven't posted here in ages. I'm using Apache2 from freeware.sgi.com and
: I think that something has gone awry because I can't get Apache to pass
: POST-form data to stdin like it should. When I submit a form with POST
: data to myserver/cgi-bin/test-cgi it shows that there are 309 chars to
: be read..but never shows the data itself(all of them printable)
:
: At first I had thought it was my script or maybe the interpreter(Rexx
: for those curious) but AFAIK, that test should show argc as 1 and argv
: as the POST form data.
:
: Anyone had this problem before? I have seen a person or two on the Linux
: forums say they got this problem when they moved from Apache 1.3->2.0
: but nobody took it as an Apache problem, but I think not. I'm
: configuring and attempting to compile the latest 2.0.54 but I'll
: probably have a better answer before I finish.

You do know the difference between stdin, commandline arguments, and environment
variables, yes?


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)

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Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler wrote:

[color=blue]
> You do know the difference between stdin, commandline arguments, and environment
> variables, yes?[/color]

Yes. And Apache is supposed to pass the POST data to stdin of the
script, but doesn't for some reason, and I know that Rexx, and the
scripts I'm using/developing, reads stdin so... The environment
variables that apache passes are fine...CONTENT_LENGTH shows a length of
309 chars but when I read the chars from stdin I get nothing, as in NULL.

To followup: I tried the recompile for 2.0.54 and got the same thing so
it's either something in my local config, or 2.0.54 has ceased passing
it(I don't find that too likely).

I'm going to test, as the Linux fellow kinda suggested, Apache 1.3 and
see if my script works. If so then, I know something isn't being handled
correctly.

Fixed!! If you can call it that. Apparently the dialect of Rexx I was
using doesn't use "arg" and "linein" as synonymous, and until today, I
had never seen or used linein even once. Development continues.

Hi

I am facing the same issue and didn't understand how you solve the issue. If you can elaborate little i will really appreciate.

Thanks
Arun Mittal