Editor: CGI-Telnet is a CGI script that allows you to execute commands on your web server. It is a useful tool if you don’t have telnet access to your server.
Features
* Ease of use – CGI-Telnet has a user interface similar to a standard telnet client and is therefore very easy to use. It provides command prompts similar to the operating system that it is running on.
* Compatibility – CGI-Telnet works on Unix and Windows NT. It has been tested on Windows NT 4.0 running IIS, Linux and Solaris running Apache. It is compatible with all browsers. It has been tested using Microsoft Internet Explorer (Windows), Netscape (Windows), Netscape (Linux) and Lynx (Linux).
* File Transfers – You can upload and download files from your server. All files on the server can be downloaded as long as you have read permissions on them. These include files that are normally not even visible to a FTP Client, like /etc/passwd/;-)
* Minimal Configuration – The only configuration change that you need to make is to change the password. If you running the script on Windows NT, you’ll need to make one more change to the script. See the Installation Section for more Details.
* Command Timeouts – CGI-Telnet automatically times out all commands after a specified duration. This is useful, for programs that hang or take very long to execute like “find /”. The timeout period can be changed or you can turn this option off. See the installation section for more details. The timeout period doesn’t work if you’re running the script on Windows NT.
* Real-Time Output – Output is displayed as it is generated, so you don’t have to wait for a command to complete to see the result. This is useful for commands like ping, tracert, traceroute, find, etc.
* Change Directory – Directory information is maintained internally, so you don’t need to change the directory each time you run a command.
