Weird cgi error

Mon Feb 25 13:12:02 EST 2008

Jesse Aldridge wrote:
> I uploaded the following script, called "test.py", to my webhost.
> It works find except when I input the string "python ".  Note that's
> the word "python" followed by a space.  If I submit that I get a 403
> error.  It seems to work fine with any other string.
> What's going on here?
> 
> Here's the script in action: http://crookedgames.com/cgi-bin/test.py
> 
> Here's the code:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/python
> print "Content-Type: text/html\n"
> print """
> <html>
> <body>
>   <form action="test.py" method="post">
>     <textarea name="data">
>     </textarea>
>   <INPUT type="submit" value="Submit">
>   </form>
> </body>
> </html>
> """

This is some kind of crooked game, right? Your code works fine on a 
local server, and there's no reason why it shouldn't work just fine on 
yours either. All you are changing is the standard input to the process.

Since you claim to have spotted this specific error, perhaps you'd like 
to explain just exactly how you came across it. I mean that's a pretty 
specific input to test with ...

Frankly I am not sure you are telling the truth about the code behind 
that page. If you *are* then you'd better provide specifics: Python 
version, Apache version, httpd.conf file, and so on. April 1 is still 
over a month away.

regards
  Steve

PS: consider closing the <textarea> tag on the same line as the opening 
tag to avoid spurious spaces in your pristine form.
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