[ILUG] PHP Question - exec()

[Pangurban]

Did  all those things - same result

I am testing with >whomai<
which is -> -rwr-xr-x 1 root root /usr/bin/whoami

and >heyu<
which is -> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys /usr/local/bin/heyu

I suspect the problem arises out of some aspect of the security setup of
the installation.

Another program which uses heyu - a web interface called Bluelava using
perl scripts - worked on FC 2 - but I cannot get it to work on FC 3.

The machine and server are domestic and what I am trying to do is set up
the home network to control automation including switching using x10
powerline controllers.

Thank you for your help


Kae Verens wrote:

> Pangurban wrote:
>
>> I have
>> Fedora Core 3
>> PHP Version 4.3.9
>> Apache/2.0.52 (Fedora)
>>
>> Safe Mode is Off
>>
>> A little script using the php exec() function
>>
>> when run as root as in
>> [.root at machine]php test.php
>> produces the desired result
>>
>> when run as a user
>> [user at machine] php test.php
>> produces the same result
>>
>> but when run in a browser
>>
>> http://machine/test.php
>> or
>> http://localhost/test.php
>>
>> produces the result of the other php commands in test.php
>> but not the result of the exec() command
>>
>>
>> Any ideas anyone?
>>  
>>
>
> could be that root and the user have the required command in the
> $PATH, but the apache user does not.
>
> try calling the command with the full address
> eg:
> exec('/usr/bin/du'); instead of exec('du');
>
> also, try using the system() command, and even try using the backticks
> (``) method.
>
> Kae
>
>
>

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Regards,


Brian -- In Ireland