Todd, I downloaded and installed the linux distro :0)
Justin, Already tried the outputfile and it doesn't return anything either. will give timeout and log in as apache user a go and ..... just checked. timeout is required. Cheers. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 December 2002 12:36 To: CF-Linux Subject: RE: Strange cfexecute problem Alright, I'll bite... Dave, what did you do to get a windows binary working on a linux box? Secondly, if it were to work, you might have to chown it over to the user that CFMX runs under. ~Todd At 12:33 PM 12/18/2002 +0000, you wrote: >Stick >the > >outputFile = "Output file name" >timeout = "Timeout interval"> > >parameters in to get the returned error or whatever > >Without the timeout param it won't wait for the program to return, just >spawn a process and return. > >To check if its permissions, log in as the cfserver user, and try to execute >it yourself. > >Justin > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 18 December 2002 12:02 > > To: CF-Linux > > Subject: Strange cfexecute problem > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Running CFMX on Redhat 7.2, apache 1.3.x as per Macromedia > > recommendations. > > > > I've a rather confusing problem concerning cfexecute and > > htmldoc.exe, a pdf > > generating tool [1]. I'm using original codebase which worked perfectly on > > my old windows configuration and simply modified the relevant paths to the > > linux filesystem. I thought maybe it might be a permissions issue whereby > > user apache doesnt have permissions to execute htmldoc, however I ran a > > dummy test on netstat which behaved in exactly the same manner. > > > > The templates concerned are being returned without error and no errors are > > showing up in any of the logs. The name and argument attributes have been > > checked and double checked to be correct and manually submitting > > the command > > and arguments on the machine as root user works perfectly, thus > > I'm thinking > > it may be a permissions problem with the apache user whom I > > believe is also > > the cfmx user(?!?) If so, how do I configure apache user with > > permissions to > > execute? Bear in mind I've already tried a chmod 777 on the htmldoc.exe > > file. > > > > The following is a short sample of my code for trying netstat.exe > > > > <cfset parameters="-lpn"> > > <cfexecute name="/bin/netstat" arguments="#parameters#"></cfexecute> > > > > TIA, > > Dave > > > > [1] HTMLDoc info can be found at >http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/htmldoc.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=14 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=14 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.14
