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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@rp-online.de> wrote:

> Scott Marlowe schrieb:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Dana Holland
>> <dana.holland@navarrocollege.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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gmake install requires root privileges.<br>It wont install with regular httpd user  (apache, nobody etc.) on a php-shell script or php system command functions.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Thomas Pundt <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mlists@rp-online.de">mlists@rp-online.de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Scott Marlowe schrieb:<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Dana Holland<br>
&lt;<a href="mailto:dana.holland@navarrocollege.edu" target="_blank">dana.holland@navarrocollege.edu</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Is it at all possible to get pgsql installed on a system without access to a<br>
shell? &nbsp;A friend is wanting me to install a particular bulletin board system<br>
on her website; however, her hosting plan only provides the MySQL database -<br>
the bulletin board requires pgsql. &nbsp;And her hosting plan has no ssh access.<br>
<br>
So, is it possible to install the database with only ftp access to the<br>
account?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
most web languanges ala php allow you to execute arbitrary commands<br>
(using back ticks in php) so theoretically she could probably do it.<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br></div>
That reminds me having seen something like a shell implemented in PHP:<br>
google for php-shell. I&#39;ve never used such a beast, though.<br>
<br>
Ciao,<br><font color="#888888">
Thomas</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
<br>
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