EntropyBanner

[chakky]

Hi,

Anyone know what all I should do to the server to get entropybanner to work.
It just doesnot seem to work.

In httpd.conf,the virtual host entry in the server,
I gave the entry

&Directory '/home/user/'&
Options +Includes +ExecCGI
&/Directory&

Then I restarted httpd, called the SSI line
in a test.shtml
&!--#exec cmd=&/usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/entropybanner.cgi user&--&

All client side setup was correct.

Any solution to this?

 

[dgbaker]

[quote:c5ce273067][i:c5ce273067]Originally posted by chakky[/i:c5ce273067]

Hi,

Anyone know what all I should do to the server to get entropybanner to work.
It just doesnot seem to work.

In httpd.conf,the virtual host entry in the server,
I gave the entry

&Directory '/home/user/'&
Options +Includes +ExecCGI
&/Directory&

Then I restarted httpd, called the SSI line
in a test.shtml
&!--#exec cmd=&/usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/entropybanner.cgi user&--&

All client side setup was correct.

Any solution to this?


[/quote:c5ce273067]

Change your include to
&!--#exec cmd=&/cgi-sys/entropybanner.cgi user&--&

That should do it.

 

[chakky]

Nope it does not seem to enable it..
Any other options..

 

[shann]

try this

Hi,

open up a .htaccess file and place follwing lines.

Options +Includes
XBitHack on


then make your xx.shtml to excutable.

chmod +x xxx.shtml.

hope it helps.

Thansk
Shann

 

[chakky]

Hey Thanks,

I have all the settings made as you both have stated and it seems to show a the entropy banner to work.

..Thanks a lot...

 

[Doctor]

Just do the following:

cd /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin

cp /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/entropybanner.cgi entropybanner.cgi

Then, use <!--#exec cmd="cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi"--> in your .shtml pages that you want the banner to display.

The problem is after the upgrade, CPanel no longer copies entropybanner.cgi to the user's cgi-bin. And because of suexec, calling entropybanner.cgi from /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/ won't work. The same solution should apply to randhtml.cgi if any of you happens to have a problem displaying your random codes.

 

[anton_latvia]

Doctor, may you could help me with this script?..
In .shtml file customer has the following line:
<!--#exec cmd="cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi"-->

But it does not work. In HTML source I can clearly see this line without changes, just as simple HTML. I have checked SSI with <!--#include file="test.txt"--> and it worked. Also entropybanner.cgi exists in /home/userdir/www/cgi-bin/ and it is writeable and belongs to the user.user group.

If I look in /usr/local/apache/logs/suexec_log I can see the following line:

[2005-01-03 11:10:17]: info: (target/actual) uid: (vaulenil/vaulenil) gid: (vaulenil/vaulenil) cmd: cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi

Any ideas why it does not work?

ADDED: if I try just simple to run it from commandline as root I get the following error:
-bash: cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory

Could that be a reason? How to solve it?

 

[anton_latvia]

Problem has been solved by copying new copy of entropybanner.cgi from /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/ to the user's directory..

 

[damainman]

aren't those cgi scripts outdated and vulnerable?

 

[t9clkclnr]

another problem you may encounter

I have users who like to try and code in PHP and have set handlers for php as shtml extensions in their htaccess file.

This will cause entropy to also not work
checking this in addition to this:

cd /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin

cp /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/entropybanner.cgi entropybanner.cgi

fixes it everytime for me.

 

[micromag]

entropyBanner is not working for us also: blank screen.

Our service provider told us that this is due a CPANEL problem (nightly automatic update)

and they can not do nothing due this is a CPANEL issue.

this makes sense?

Thanks.

 

[chirpy]

No, that makes no sense at all. If they have a problem they should log it with cPanel for a fix.

 

[sparek-3]

Just out of curiousity, are you using a page in your public_html directory that makes SSI calls to the entropybanner.cgi script or is the page in a subdirectory, beneath your public_html?

 

[neo32]

hello,

If you have tried copying the entropybanner.cgi from usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys

cp /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/entropybanner.cgi entropybanner.cgi

and still that doesnt resolve the situation, then please try changing the ownership of pulic_html folder from user.nobody to user.user this resolved the same situiation once at our end.

Regards,
Neo32

 

[testlog_4u]

Just do the following:

cd /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin

cp /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/entropybanner.cgi entropybanner.cgi

Then, use <!--#exec cmd="cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi"--> in your .shtml pages that you want the banner to display.

The problem is after the upgrade, CPanel no longer copies entropybanner.cgi to the user's cgi-bin. And because of suexec, calling entropybanner.cgi from /usr/local/cpanel/cgi-sys/ won't work. The same solution should apply to randhtml.cgi if any of you happens to have a problem displaying your random codes.

I have copied it but no luck..

I am facing the same issue while accessing index.shtml page

Error : Could not chdir into /home/user/public_html/../.entropybanner/:

 

[masterthor]

any updates on this? it's still happening

 

[cPanelDavidG]

Please submit a support ticket if you are continuing to experience issues with EntropyBanner bundled with cPanel/WHM.

 

[nzservers]

use <!--#exec cgi="cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi"-->

not <!--#exec cmd="cgi-bin/entropybanner.cgi"-->