Burton Windle wrote:
> So I've got a shell script that I want the output to be available as a 
> internal-only web page. The shell script is fairly intensive, so I'd 
> like it ran only when needed (i.e., not pre-generated). However, the 
> shell script calls a compiled program that is expecting certian 
> enviromental variables to be set (like, HOME, etc) that doesn't get done 
> when run as www-data (which is what Debian runs Apache as).
> 
> Right now my "web page" is simply:
> 
> <?php
> $cmd = shell_exec('/home/bwindle/find-ASA-vpn-users.sh');
> echo "<pre>$cmd";
> ?>
> 
> What's a clean way to do this?
> 
> 

Define the required variables in your shell script?