mod_cgi/3985: exec cmd="" does not produce any wanted result

[Fei <af...@jhu.edu>]

>Number:         3985
>Category:       mod_cgi
>Synopsis:       exec cmd="" does not produce any wanted result
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar  2 15:10:01 PST 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     afei@jhu.edu
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.3
>Environment:
Solaris 2.7 Gcc 2.8.2
SunOS aa.eps.jhu.edu 5.7 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
>Description:
<CENTER><B>You are the visitor number <!--#exec cmd="http://aa.eps.jhu.edu/cgi-b
in/cgiwrap/feiliu/count.cgi" -->of afei's homepage<BR>since Nov. 23, 1996 <!--#e
xec cmd="http://aa.eps.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/feiliu/report.cgi" --></B></CENTE
R>

Now I want the count.cgi produce a counter for the number of visits.
Report.cgi produces a report on the incoming visit.
Both cgi output goes directly into the current webpage.

However, nothing appear on the webpage at that cgi execution place.
>How-To-Repeat:
aa.eps.jhu.edu/~feiliu/index_noframe.shtml
>Fix:
Is there any alternative for such approach? In other words, how can a
user execute a short cgi script to produce server filtered output.
>Audit-Trail:
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