Re: web documentation
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
> From: Paul Wade <paulwade@greenbush.com>
> > The apache/dwww/lynx combo doesn't need X.
>
> Try using "boa" instead of apache. It's _much_ smaller, and faster
> than apache. However, "lynx" itself can execute CGI scripts, and doesn't
> really need a server to run "dwww".
I'll give boa a try. Will it mess up anything on a system that has apache
installed?
I will also investigate the use of lynx directly with CGI. I hope that you
are hinting at something I need: If I run lynx as root and execute an
'adduser' CGI script that cannot be executed by others, then I will start
writing a whole buncha sysadmin CGI.
> > Whereever it is safe to do so, this could be expanded on. A good example
> > is the CGI/perl scripts for common commands like 'who'. Why not start a
> > collection of these so the user can get some system information using the
> > same interface?
>
> Sure. Want to work on that?
Since I did a lot of work which was rendered obsolete by the features of
dwww, it would be a good idea to apply my experience to something like
this. We could call it 'cute CGI/perl tricks' or we could fit it into the
dwww scheme :-)
I will start gathering them up.
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