Re: installing without shell access

gmake install requires root privileges.
It wont install with regular httpd user (apache, nobody etc.) on a php-shell
script or php system command functions.

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Thomas Pundt <mlists(at)rp-online(dot)de> wrote:

> Scott Marlowe schrieb:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Dana Holland
>> <dana(dot)holland(at)navarrocollege(dot)edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Is it at all possible to get pgsql installed on a system without access
>>> to a
>>> shell? A friend is wanting me to install a particular bulletin board
>>> system
>>> on her website; however, her hosting plan only provides the MySQL
>>> database -
>>> the bulletin board requires pgsql. And her hosting plan has no ssh
>>> access.
>>>
>>> So, is it possible to install the database with only ftp access to the
>>> account?
>>>
>>
>> most web languanges ala php allow you to execute arbitrary commands
>> (using back ticks in php) so theoretically she could probably do it.
>>
>>
> That reminds me having seen something like a shell implemented in PHP:
> google for php-shell. I've never used such a beast, though.
>
> Ciao,
> Thomas
>
>
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