On Thu, 29 May 2003 15:20:52 EDT, Dan wrote:
> I check the povray.conf file and read access was fine,
> and i had already tried with the -d parameter. I have found that i can
> call povray without any parameters and get it to respond, but the minute i
> add an input parameter, it causes a core dump.  More explicitly, i am using
> a
> system call inside of perl script to execute povray.  Again, there are no
> problems from the command line, but it core dumps when run through the web
> server.
> 

Have you tried rendering via the perl script as another user from the 
command line?  And are you running the script with -Tw, if so have a go 
without the T so just run it -w and if that works fine then it means that
the input pov file name needs to be untainted when run with T. 


How about running a little test through your web server to see if it's 
POV that's the problem or something else.  Write a small bash script
and make it executable, something like:

#!/bin/bash

First_Param=$1

Second_Param=$2
 
echo $First_Param

echo $Second_Param

############################  End of Bash script #######################

Now write a very simple cgi script that takes two paramateers in a form 
and runs this shell script giving it the two paramaters, this will be 
easy to test both from the command line and via the web server. 


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sphere{z*5,1pigment{rgb.5}finish{reflection.3specular.5}}box{<-50,-3,-50>
<50,-2,50>pigment{checker/*\__\\__/  * \_\\__*/scale 2}finish{ambient.7}}
light_source/*__\\__\\__\\__\\__\(    ~ )\__\\__\\__\\__\\*/{<2,5,1>*4,1} 
/*\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\__\~  -/__\\__\\__\\__\\__\\*//* Steve */

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