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README for PerlWebShell 0.1
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Copyright (C) 2004 Florian Rossol <rossol@yola.in-berlin.de>
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Copyright (C) 2000-2003 Martin Geisler <gimpster@gimpster.com>
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Licensed under the GNU GPL. See the file COPYING for details.
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What is PerlWebShell?
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PerlWebShell is a shell wrapped in a Perl/CGI script. It's a tool you
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can use to execute arbitrary shell-commands or browse the filesystem
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on your remote webserver. This replaces, to a degree, a normal
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telnet-connection. You can use it for transferring your site as a
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compressed file, and then unpack it on the webserver, administration
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and maintenance of your website using commands like ps, free, du, df
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etc...
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PerlWebShell is based on PhpShell
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(http://www.gimpster.com/wiki/PhpShell) from Martin Geisler. In fact
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it tries to be nearly the same with one little difference:
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PerlWebShell uses Perl/CGI instead of PHP (not difficult to guess
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cause of the name!). Also this README is based on Martins
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README. Thanks Martin for releasing PhpShell under the GNU GPL.
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Limitations
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There are some limitations on what kind of programs you can run. It
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won't do no good if you start something like Netscape or even vi. All
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programs have to be strictly command-line programs, and they will have
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no chance of getting user input after they have been lunched. They
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probably also have to terminate within some time, depending on the
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settings of your ISP.
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But you can rely on all the normal shell-functionality, like pipes,
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output and input redirection, etc...
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Who am I?
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You may not be the same user when using PerlWebShell, as you are when you
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upload your files with ftp. On some systems you will be 'nobody', on
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other systems you will become 'httpd' or 'www-data'. This is a rather
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dangerous "feature" of PerlWebShell! So use it at your own risk --- I
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wont be responsible if your account is closed or something like that
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happens.
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How to use it
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Point your browser to perlwebshell.cgi. The rest should be selfexplaining.
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Download
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You can download PerlWebShell from http://yola.in-berlin.de/perlwebshell.
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