Re: Shell or http?

Look into: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-current-user.php If run from the webserver it may return "nobody", and from your shell it'd run as your username. /* Chris Lambert, CTO - chris@whitecrown.net WhiteCrown Networks - More Than White Hats Web Application Security - www.whitecrown.net */ ----- Original Message ----- From: George E. Papadakis <georgep@phaistosnetworks.gr> To: Chris Lambert <chris@php.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Shell or http? | Thanks for your answer Chris, | | What I want to do is find a way to check if a script is running as a cgi or | not. | Suppose I am running it from a unix shell (sgi) then I want the script to | behave differently than when executed by a Web Server. I was wondering if | there is an enviroment/php variable that can help me identify whether the | script was sgi or web running. | Thanks again. | | --georgep | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Chris Lambert" <chris@php.net> | To: "George E. Papadakis" <georgep@phaistosnetworks.gr> | Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> | Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 1:14 AM | Subject: Re: [PHP] Shell or http? | | | > It depends on how the webserver is setup. If its being run as a CGI then | it | > depends if suEXEC is enabled. If its not, it should be run as nobody, | > whereas if it is (and the user/group paramater in httpd.conf is set) it'll | > be run as whatever the directive is set to. If its run as a module, then | the | > userid should be nobody. Where are you trying to identify it from? | > | > /* Chris Lambert, CTO - chris@whitecrown.net | > WhiteCrown Networks - More Than White Hats | > Web Application Security - www.whitecrown.net | > */ | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: George E. Papadakis <georgep@phaistosnetworks.gr> | > To: PHP List <php-general@lists.php.net> | > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 1:36 PM | > Subject: [PHP] Shell or http? | > | > | > | Hi, | > | | > | Is there any way to identify if a php script is running through a shell | or | > | web? | > | Thanks in advance. | > | | > | | > | -- GeorgeP | > | | > | | > | -- | > | PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) | > | To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net | > | For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net | > | To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net | > | | > | | > | | > | > | > -- | > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net | > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net | > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net | > | | | -- | PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) | To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net | For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net | To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net | | |