Re: installing without shell access

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:54:57AM -0700, Scott Marlowe 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.

While that might somehow work it's most probably something the hosting
provider won't like to see. PHP scripts are not expected to launch
persistent server processes. Better get a dedicated server for that
purpose.

Tino.

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