Re: [PHP] shell_exec problem with bsdtar
Lester Caine wrote: I'm trying to emulate Linux facilities on the windows servers, and have found bsdtar can be renamed tar.exe so that it will work the same as a shell_exec( tar ) call in Linux. The full paths are used to the files and the command line returns the extracted file name when run at a command prompt, and similar commands for unzip and unrar work fine, later in the check list, but using the 'tar' and also 'bsdtar' command simply returns NULL, and the extracted file is not created. Any ideas what I've got wrong? OK - had a sleep on it, and started again fresh. The bottom line is that WHAT shell_exec returns is rather variable. There is a comment about returning windows errors on the manual page, but in fact 2 may not JUST contain errors, it also has the normal return from some programs. So 2 'output' may be generally required to find out what has been returned, if the shell_exec return is NULL. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec problem with bsdtar
I'm trying to emulate Linux facilities on the windows servers, and have found bsdtar can be renamed tar.exe so that it will work the same as a shell_exec( tar ) call in Linux. The full paths are used to the files and the command line returns the extracted file name when run at a command prompt, and similar commands for unzip and unrar work fine, later in the check list, but using the 'tar' and also 'bsdtar' command simply returns NULL, and the extracted file is not created. Any ideas what I've got wrong? -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec - asynchronous would be cool!
Hi all, A while ago, i had a problem with shell_exec: I was writing some code to execute imagemagick to convert a bunch of images. This could take ages to execute and the page therefore ages to load. The solution was to get a linux box and append a at the end to do it in the background or make a ajax call to a page that does it in batches. The problem was really that i had to write a file that is then checked against to know when it was finished... Not very pretty. Anyway, would it be possible to make a new shell_exec_async function in php that just starts the process, puts it to the background and calls a callback function or another script with parameters when it finishes? I guess a callback function is not really going to work because the page needs to finish execution. It should be possible with PHP forking though. Anyway, just an idea. Regards, Tim Tim-Hinnerk Heuer http://www.ihostnz.com Emo Philips - I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.
Re: [PHP] shell_exec - asynchronous would be cool!
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 10:30 +1300, German Geek wrote: Hi all, A while ago, i had a problem with shell_exec: I was writing some code to execute imagemagick to convert a bunch of images. This could take ages to execute and the page therefore ages to load. The solution was to get a linux box and append a at the end to do it in the background or make a ajax call to a page that does it in batches. The problem was really that i had to write a file that is then checked against to know when it was finished... Not very pretty. Anyway, would it be possible to make a new shell_exec_async function in php that just starts the process, puts it to the background and calls a callback function or another script with parameters when it finishes? I guess a callback function is not really going to work because the page needs to finish execution. It should be possible with PHP forking though. Anyway, just an idea. Regards, Tim Tim-Hinnerk Heuer http://www.ihostnz.com Emo Philips - I was the kid next door's imaginary friend. What about calling a shell script with the exec call, and as the last instruction (or continually throughout its execution) it can update a database entry. Your PHP code can then look to see if said entry either exists or is in the right state. It should be faster and prettier than writing a file. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec - asynchronous would be cool!
Yes, believe it or not, when i was writing this, i thought about a db soln
as well. Just hadnt done it that way back then.
I guess with Linux one could do something like:
shell_exec('{longexecutingprogram -with -params; mysql -uuser -ppass
database query; } ');
Surely it should be possible in windows as well somehow. Does anyone know
how (easily)? I mean i could write a win32 executable that could do it but
that might be overkill.
But still you have to continuously check the database if the value is the
expected which seems kind of unelegant.
Or, you could call a php script at the end like so:
shell_exec('{longexecutingprogram -with -params; php myscript.php with
params; } ');
In myscript.php you could have something like:
?php
// send request back to user whos ip and headers would have to be saved and
sent.
?
Would this work? Maybe one could write a library for that directly in php...
So you could actually have a exec_async function without having to write a
php module or something like that. I would be interested in writing a php
module at some point anyway though. I know c(++), so it should be doable.
Is it possible to retrieve the session variables of a user in php cli?
Regards,
Tim
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On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 10:30 +1300, German Geek wrote:
Hi all,
A while ago, i had a problem with shell_exec:
I was writing some code to execute imagemagick to convert a bunch of
images.
This could take ages to execute and the page therefore ages to load. The
solution was to get a linux box and append a at the end to do it in the
background or make a ajax call to a page that does it in batches. The
problem was really that i had to write a file that is then checked
against
to know when it was finished... Not very pretty.
Anyway, would it be possible to make a new shell_exec_async function in
php that just starts the process, puts it to the background and calls a
callback function or another script with parameters when it finishes? I
guess a callback function is not really going to work because the page
needs
to finish execution. It should be possible with PHP forking though.
Anyway, just an idea.
Regards,
Tim
Tim-Hinnerk Heuer
http://www.ihostnz.com
Emo Philips - I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.
What about calling a shell script with the exec call, and as the last
instruction (or continually throughout its execution) it can update a
database entry. Your PHP code can then look to see if said entry either
exists or is in the right state. It should be faster and prettier than
writing a file.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] shell_exec - asynchronous would be cool!
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 11:15 +1300, German Geek wrote:
Yes, believe it or not, when i was writing this, i thought about a db soln
as well. Just hadnt done it that way back then.
I guess with Linux one could do something like:
shell_exec('{longexecutingprogram -with -params; mysql -uuser -ppass
database query; } ');
Surely it should be possible in windows as well somehow. Does anyone know
how (easily)? I mean i could write a win32 executable that could do it but
that might be overkill.
But still you have to continuously check the database if the value is the
expected which seems kind of unelegant.
Or, you could call a php script at the end like so:
shell_exec('{longexecutingprogram -with -params; php myscript.php with
params; } ');
In myscript.php you could have something like:
?php
// send request back to user whos ip and headers would have to be saved and
sent.
?
Would this work? Maybe one could write a library for that directly in php...
So you could actually have a exec_async function without having to write a
php module or something like that. I would be interested in writing a php
module at some point anyway though. I know c(++), so it should be doable.
Is it possible to retrieve the session variables of a user in php cli?
Regards,
Tim
Tim-Hinnerk Heuer
http://www.ihostnz.com
George Burns - I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my
age.
2009/2/19 Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 10:30 +1300, German Geek wrote:
Hi all,
A while ago, i had a problem with shell_exec:
I was writing some code to execute imagemagick to convert a bunch of
images.
This could take ages to execute and the page therefore ages to load. The
solution was to get a linux box and append a at the end to do it in the
background or make a ajax call to a page that does it in batches. The
problem was really that i had to write a file that is then checked
against
to know when it was finished... Not very pretty.
Anyway, would it be possible to make a new shell_exec_async function in
php that just starts the process, puts it to the background and calls a
callback function or another script with parameters when it finishes? I
guess a callback function is not really going to work because the page
needs
to finish execution. It should be possible with PHP forking though.
Anyway, just an idea.
Regards,
Tim
Tim-Hinnerk Heuer
http://www.ihostnz.com
Emo Philips - I was the kid next door's imaginary friend.
What about calling a shell script with the exec call, and as the last
instruction (or continually throughout its execution) it can update a
database entry. Your PHP code can then look to see if said entry either
exists or is in the right state. It should be faster and prettier than
writing a file.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
I think the only way to do that would be to have a (don't know the
Windows terminology) daemon sitting on the system just continually
checking against the db/file and then it can make a call to the PHP. If
your site has a high volume of traffic, and extra DB call every now and
again won't hurt it too much. I use this for sites sometimes where I
just need something done once a day.
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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Re: [PHP] shell_exec seems to hang other web requests while running convert
We can live with the fact that it will take a little longer to process the images. The image processing is only done by 2 people, about once a month, just to save them time (they would do it with photoshop otherwise and it is really boring and time consuming). In fact, i might set up an automatic email when its finished. :-) In the future it might become an issue when people can edit their own ebooks. This project dates back to 1999, so a lot of it is legacy (a binary page definition data format...). We're thinking of moving to swf pages instead of images, as they currently are, that will reduce the time to be taken to convert a pdf by thousands and would increase the quality and reduce download times for end users, but it will take time to develop which is not at hand atm. We have been thinking about scaling issues as well for quite some time now... It was hard enough to get them to move to Linux, since i work in a .NET shop... Setting up load balancing is not a trivial task though and expensive to host. I'm the main software developer on this project and am too busy adding features and debugging ActionScript, C++ and PHP code to do that as well. Thanks for your thoughts though. Regards, Tim Tim-Hinnerk Heuer http://www.ihostnz.com On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Nathan Nobbe quickshif...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:34 PM, German Geek geek...@gmail.com wrote: cron is a good idea, havent thought about that. One could use the nice program then to give it the lowest priority, because other requests are more important than this and another server gives the issue of transfering files back and forth. Another soln would be to run it with in the background (with nice) and then check if the file(s) exist on ajax calls to give feedback, this might actually be easier to implement. nice'ing the process is a good idea, however, youll only prolong the time it will take to accomplish those img manipulation tasks, and soon you'll find yourself w/ a nice little backlog on your hands. what sounds to me to be the larger issue is pushing the limit on a single box. in order to scale, youll need to spread the load somehow. you can dodge the bullet now, but it will be back, if your sites popularity is growing. just my 2c -nathan
Re: [PHP] shell_exec seems to hang other web requests while running convert
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 1:18 AM, German Geek geek...@gmail.com wrote: We can live with the fact that it will take a little longer to process the images. The image processing is only done by 2 people, about once a month, just to save them time (they would do it with photoshop otherwise and it is really boring and time consuming). oic In fact, i might set up an automatic email when its finished. :-) nice In the future it might become an issue when people can edit their own ebooks. This project dates back to 1999, so a lot of it is legacy (a binary page definition data format...). We're thinking of moving to swf pages instead of images, as they currently are, that will reduce the time to be taken to convert a pdf by thousands and would increase the quality and reduce download times for end users, but it will take time to develop which is not at hand atm. We have been thinking about scaling issues as well for quite some time now... It was hard enough to get them to move to Linux, since i work in a .NET shop... Setting up load balancing is not a trivial task though and expensive to host. it'll take up another 1u, but we run the older alteon load balancers which can be had pretty cheaply from ebay, http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40_trksid=m38.l1313_nkw=alteon_sacat=See-All-Categories I'm the main software developer on this project and am too busy adding features and debugging ActionScript, C++ and PHP code to do that as well. good times. thanks for elaborating, sounds like things are well in hand. and a merry christmas to you too ;D -nathan
[PHP] shell_exec seems to hang other web requests while running convert
Hi All, The following problem: Our client is converting pdfs to images with a web interface. At the moment I'm using convert from imagemagick with shell_exec (i know i could use the imagick module, but this would require quite a bit of recoding and time at the moment, it was originally running on a windows machine and i couldnt get the imagick module working on that). Is there a quick way to give other web requests to the web server a higher priority than this process? It can take quite a while to convert 100 pdf pages to images in high res with convert. At the moment only 3 images at a time are converted with some crazy ajax logic. But still while these 3 images are converted (can take 20-30 seconds) other requests seem to hang until convert is finished. I know, i can put a at the end of the command line but then they wouldnt know when the process is actually finished. The server is an ubuntu server with the latest release. It's got Apache: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) mod_mono/2.0 PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g Server at 208.79.206.58 Port 80 Please help. This is rather urgent and needs to be working properly preferably before xmas. Anyway, merry xmas to everyone in case i forget to say that later :-). Tim-Hinnerk Heuer http://www.ihostnz.com
Re: [PHP] shell_exec seems to hang other web requests while running convert
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:06 PM, German Geek geek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, The following problem: Our client is converting pdfs to images with a web interface. At the moment I'm using convert from imagemagick with shell_exec (i know i could use the imagick module, but this would require quite a bit of recoding and time at the moment, it was originally running on a windows machine and i couldnt get the imagick module working on that). wow, i totally here you on the we cant change our imagemagick setup right now ;) But still while these 3 images are converted (can take 20-30 seconds) other requests seem to hang until convert is finished. I know, i can put a at the end of the command line but then they wouldnt know when the process is actually finished. its very common to treat objectives which take more time to complete in an asynchronous manner. typically the http request will place a 'command' into a queue, which is picked up by a cron job. then the user is notified upon completion by an email or some other web page, which they can go to review at a later time. this will not help your server load at all however, if youve only got 1 box. the cron will be running and eating juice that the webserver would like to have. best bet is to scale out by tossing another server in the mix to handle the imagemagick stuff. whether or not you want to keep things real-time or move to a cron-based solution is up to you. -nathan
Re: [PHP] shell_exec seems to hang other web requests while running convert
cron is a good idea, havent thought about that. One could use the nice program then to give it the lowest priority, because other requests are more important than this and another server gives the issue of transfering files back and forth. Another soln would be to run it with in the background (with nice) and then check if the file(s) exist on ajax calls to give feedback, this might actually be easier to implement. Anyway, we will fix the issue later now. Thanks. Tim-Hinnerk Heuer http://www.ihostnz.com On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Nathan Nobbe quickshif...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:06 PM, German Geek geek...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, The following problem: Our client is converting pdfs to images with a web interface. At the moment I'm using convert from imagemagick with shell_exec (i know i could use the imagick module, but this would require quite a bit of recoding and time at the moment, it was originally running on a windows machine and i couldnt get the imagick module working on that). wow, i totally here you on the we cant change our imagemagick setup right now ;) But still while these 3 images are converted (can take 20-30 seconds) other requests seem to hang until convert is finished. I know, i can put a at the end of the command line but then they wouldnt know when the process is actually finished. its very common to treat objectives which take more time to complete in an asynchronous manner. typically the http request will place a 'command' into a queue, which is picked up by a cron job. then the user is notified upon completion by an email or some other web page, which they can go to review at a later time. this will not help your server load at all however, if youve only got 1 box. the cron will be running and eating juice that the webserver would like to have. best bet is to scale out by tossing another server in the mix to handle the imagemagick stuff. whether or not you want to keep things real-time or move to a cron-based solution is up to you. -nathan
Re: [PHP] shell_exec seems to hang other web requests while running convert
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:34 PM, German Geek geek...@gmail.com wrote: cron is a good idea, havent thought about that. One could use the nice program then to give it the lowest priority, because other requests are more important than this and another server gives the issue of transfering files back and forth. Another soln would be to run it with in the background (with nice) and then check if the file(s) exist on ajax calls to give feedback, this might actually be easier to implement. nice'ing the process is a good idea, however, youll only prolong the time it will take to accomplish those img manipulation tasks, and soon you'll find yourself w/ a nice little backlog on your hands. what sounds to me to be the larger issue is pushing the limit on a single box. in order to scale, youll need to spread the load somehow. you can dodge the bullet now, but it will be back, if your sites popularity is growing. just my 2c -nathan
[PHP] PHP shell_exec
Hi
I have been using the shell_exec command to perform several server queries
quite succesfully i.e. analysing files systems by gettin ginformation returned
by df -kP (shell_exec('df -kP')). do any of you guts know if it is possible to
target a command like this on another server?
So from server A where I am running a web app, needs to run the shell_exec('df
-kP') on server B, which also has php installed, so that i can display the
results in my web app on server A. Hope that makes sense!
Also, how would i fopen a file such as /proc/cpuinfo on Server B from Server A.
Any help greatly appreciated
Regards
Ade
Re: [PHP] PHP shell_exec
2007. 02. 27, kedd keltezéssel 13.17-kor h ezt írta:
Hi
I have been using the shell_exec command to perform several server queries
quite succesfully i.e. analysing files systems by gettin ginformation
returned by df -kP (shell_exec('df -kP')). do any of you guts know if it is
possible to target a command like this on another server?
So from server A where I am running a web app, needs to run the
shell_exec('df -kP') on server B, which also has php installed, so that i can
display the results in my web app on server A. Hope that makes sense!
Also, how would i fopen a file such as /proc/cpuinfo on Server B from Server
A.
Any help greatly appreciated
Regards
Ade
maybe you need ssh2_exec
http://hu.php.net/manual/hu/function.ssh2-exec.php
hope that helps
Zoltán Németh
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Re: [PHP] PHP shell_exec
Hi Ade,
Sure you can. You must develop 2 scripts. One that will act as
server and one as client.
So if you want to get details of server B from server A you should
have the server into B and client into A.
Be sure the communication between these 2 servers is securised
(using a certificate or build you own encryption for communication,
restrict script response depending on server ips etc...) as you want to
pass sensitive data between them.
Communication can be done using curl library or simply with fopen
(if allow_url_fopen allows it). parameters can be passed using XML or
simple parsed plain text.
Andy
h wrote:
Hi
I have been using the shell_exec command to perform several server queries
quite succesfully i.e. analysing files systems by gettin ginformation
returned by df -kP (shell_exec('df -kP')). do any of you guts know if it is
possible to target a command like this on another server?
So from server A where I am running a web app, needs to run the
shell_exec('df -kP') on server B, which also has php installed, so that i can
display the results in my web app on server A. Hope that makes sense!
Also, how would i fopen a file such as /proc/cpuinfo on Server B from Server
A.
Any help greatly appreciated
Regards
Ade
.
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RE: [PHP] PHP shell_exec
ssh2_exec would do it for you...
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To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] PHP shell_exec
Hi
I have been using the shell_exec command to perform several server queries
quite succesfully i.e. analysing files systems by gettin ginformation
returned by df -kP (shell_exec('df -kP')). do any of you guts know if it is
possible to target a command like this on another server?
So from server A where I am running a web app, needs to run the
shell_exec('df -kP') on server B, which also has php installed, so that i
can display the results in my web app on server A. Hope that makes sense!
Also, how would i fopen a file such as /proc/cpuinfo on Server B from Server
A.
Any help greatly appreciated
Regards
Ade
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[PHP] Re: PHP shell_exec
h wrote:
I have been using the shell_exec command to perform several server queries
quite succesfully i.e. analysing files systems by gettin ginformation
returned by df -kP (shell_exec('df -kP')). do any of you guts know if it is
possible to target a command like this on another server?
So from server A where I am running a web app, needs to run the
shell_exec('df -kP') on server B, which also has php installed, so that i can
display the results in my web app on server A. Hope that makes sense!
Also, how would i fopen a file such as /proc/cpuinfo on Server B from Server
A.
If you need to inspect e.g. free space on remote servers it may be more
sensible to use SNMP or some such similar protocol/system that is
designed for exactly this purpose rather than try to hack up a system in
PHP (tho' I do love my hacking!)
Have a look at Nagios. I'd imagine your servers will have some degree of
health monitoring/reporting installed anyway for your own peace of mind,
so it shouldn't be too hard to hook into that system.
Col
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[PHP] shell_exec, batch files, and IIS on Windows
The manual entry for shell_exec has a comment that notes to execute .bat files with shell_exec, you need to pass the command through cmd.exe with the /c argument. I was wondering if anyone could share some insight on why that is. I've pretty much verified that this is the case. I can't execute .bat files at all from a Windows 2003 server running IIS. I can locally on my development workstation (XP running Apache). I've tried passing the command through cmd.exe on the server, but some of the commands in the .bat file does not run properly when going through cmd.exe. I suspect that IIS is a key culprit, but I have nothing concrete. I'd like to take a plausible theory to the IT guys before I request that they install Apache on that box. Thanks for any insight anyone might have. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP shell_exec
On Tue, February 27, 2007 7:17 am, h wrote:
I have been using the shell_exec command to perform several server
queries quite succesfully i.e. analysing files systems by gettin
ginformation returned by df -kP (shell_exec('df -kP')). do any of you
guts know if it is possible to target a command like this on another
server?
So from server A where I am running a web app, needs to run the
shell_exec('df -kP') on server B, which also has php installed, so
that i can display the results in my web app on server A. Hope that
makes sense!
Also, how would i fopen a file such as /proc/cpuinfo on Server B from
Server A.
Well, there are several options here.
One option is to just build a password-protected web page on the other
server that does the exec() (or readfile for cpuinfo). Then you can
have PHP on server A do file_get_contents on the URL, if
allow_url_fopen is ON
Depending on how complex the target command is, you could also look
into running WebServices such as SOAP, RPC, REST, etc.
A valuable source of this kind of thing is from the zillion control
panels for webhosting that are out there
I think you might maybe be able to tunnel a command through SSH as a
one-off, but perhaps I'm just dreaming I read about that in man ssh a
few months ago.
To a large degree, HOW you do this depends much more on what commands
you want to allow, and even more importantly, disallow, than on
anything involving PHP. In fact, PHP itself is only a
thinly-disguised wrapper for whatever you will come up with. So
you're better off asking about this kind of thing on an OS or Linux
distribution mailing list, probably. The PHP bit will end up just
being ?php exec($something)? no matter how you look at it.
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Re: [PHP] shell_exec, batch files, and IIS on Windows
The user that runs the php script under iis (IUSER_maschine name) should have permissions to execute the cmd.exe file, the .bat file and all the commands included in the .bat file. - Frank The manual entry for shell_exec has a comment that notes to execute .bat files with shell_exec, you need to pass the command through cmd.exe with the /c argument. I was wondering if anyone could share some insight on why that is. I've pretty much verified that this is the case. I can't execute .bat files at all from a Windows 2003 server running IIS. I can locally on my development workstation (XP running Apache). I've tried passing the command through cmd.exe on the server, but some of the commands in the .bat file does not run properly when going through cmd.exe. I suspect that IIS is a key culprit, but I have nothing concrete. I'd like to take a plausible theory to the IT guys before I request that they install Apache on that box. Thanks for any insight anyone might have. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] shell_exec, batch files, and IIS on Windows
hi, maybe you can try this: in the IIS properties, you can define the user running your IIS service. Ususally this is IUSR_xxx, but you can set a administrator user (see directory Security/ anonymous user) try to put your win login (prefixed with your domain\ and give your password. If you can execute your cmd and batch file, then you can be sure that the problem if an authorisation problem. Afterward, re-enter the IUSR_xx user as the anonymous user, because running as administrator is rather dangerous!! Also, try the 'Integrated windows Authentication', if this is checked, the anaonymous will NOY be used, but your own login will be used instead. As an example, if the Use integrated authentication is active, try a phpinfo() and you should find your own windows login as AUTH_USER (or others, don't remember). (if you have a login prompt, you can avoid it from the IE setting) Also, have a look at the event viewer and at the IIS log file. Maybe you will see the error reported by IIS... Vincent Dupont Principal Consultant OpenSource Competence Center Ausy Belgium http://www.ausy.be -Original Message- From: Frank M. Kromann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 2/27/2007 22:20 To: Shu Chow Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] shell_exec, batch files, and IIS on Windows The user that runs the php script under iis (IUSER_maschine name) should have permissions to execute the cmd.exe file, the .bat file and all the commands included in the .bat file. - Frank The manual entry for shell_exec has a comment that notes to execute .bat files with shell_exec, you need to pass the command through cmd.exe with the /c argument. I was wondering if anyone could share some insight on why that is. I've pretty much verified that this is the case. I can't execute .bat files at all from a Windows 2003 server running IIS. I can locally on my development workstation (XP running Apache). I've tried passing the command through cmd.exe on the server, but some of the commands in the .bat file does not run properly when going through cmd.exe. I suspect that IIS is a key culprit, but I have nothing concrete. I'd like to take a plausible theory to the IT guys before I request that they install Apache on that box. Thanks for any insight anyone might have. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec, batch files, and IIS on Windows
On Tue, February 27, 2007 2:59 pm, Shu Chow wrote: The manual entry for shell_exec has a comment that notes to execute .bat files with shell_exec, you need to pass the command through cmd.exe with the /c argument. I was wondering if anyone could share some insight on why that is. I've pretty much verified that this is the case. I can't execute .bat files at all from a Windows 2003 server running IIS. I can locally on my development workstation (XP running Apache). I've tried passing the command through cmd.exe on the server, but some of the commands in the .bat file does not run properly when going through cmd.exe. I suspect that IIS is a key culprit, but I have nothing concrete. I'd like to take a plausible theory to the IT guys before I request that they install Apache on that box. Thanks for any insight anyone might have. No real insight, but a couple philosophical questions that may lead somebody who actually does Windows into something... When one runs a .bat file, isn't one already *IN* some kind of cmd.exe shell of some type to start with? OTOH, what is PHP doing with exec() on Windows if not firing up some kind of cmd.exe shell? You could run a test with Apache/Windows/exec fairly quickly on any box, without hitting the IT guys up with the request. Have proof in hand that IIS is culprit and Apache is saviour. :-) -- Some people have a gift link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec, batch files, and IIS on Windows
Thanks, guys, for the responses. I'll check the events and IIS logs tomorrow. This afternoon, I put the IIS user into the Administrators group, but no luck - the same exact thing, or lack of thing, happened. I told this to the IT head and he agrees that it's probably not a permissions issue. After that he kind of warmed up to installing Apache on that box. They're absolutely not anti-Apache, just overworked and understaffed :/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec(zip.. ?
Sam Smith wrote: shell_exec(zip -r ddd ddd); // don't work safe_mode off, works from command line php. What could it be? You need to give the full path to zip. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec(zip.. ?
shell_exec(zip -r ddd ddd); // don't work safe_mode off, works from command line php. What could it be? Details: drwxr-xr-x 2 zamzmith zamzmith 512 Aug 3 18:34 execTest/ -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 107 Aug 3 18:33 mkdir.php mkdir.php: ?php shell_exec(mkdir ddd; touch ddd/fff;); ? execTest$ php mkdir.php execTest$ ls -l drwxr-xr-x 2 zamzmith zamzmith 512 Aug 3 18:36 ddd -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 109 Aug 3 18:36 mkdir.php #OK works from command line php Let's delete ddd and have the web server run it: http://dom.com/execTest/mkdir.php Nope, probably permissions: execTest$ chmod 777 ../execTest Try again: http://dom.com/execTest/mkdir.php Yup. Now let's see if we can delete it. rm.php: ?php shell_exec(rm -r ddd); ? http://dom.com/execTest/rm.php Yup, makes sense, user httpd created it. Now let's zip it. zip.php: ?php shell_exec(mkdir ddd; touch ddd/fff;); shell_exec(zip -r ddd ddd); ? http://dom.com/execTest/zip.php NOPE can't zip, must be something I don't know. drwxrwxrwx 3 zamzmith zamzmith 512 Aug 3 18:49 execTest/ drwxr-xr-x 2 httpd zamzmith 512 Aug 3 18:49 ddd -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 109 Aug 3 18:36 mkdir.php -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 109 Aug 3 18:44 rm.php -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 107 Aug 3 18:49 zip.php Let's try it form the command line php: Delete it first: execTest$ curl http://ssmith.com/execTest/rm.php execTest$ php zip.php Yup: drwxr-xr-x 2 zamzmith zamzmith 512 Aug 3 19:10 ddd -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 264 Aug 3 19:10 ddd.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 109 Aug 3 18:36 mkdir.php -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 109 Aug 3 18:44 rm.php -rw-r--r-- 1 zamzmith zamzmith 107 Aug 3 18:49 zip.php Better check safe_mode anyway: phpinfo.php: ?php phpinfo(); ? execTest: php phpinfo.php | grep safe safe_mode = Off = Off safe_mode_exec_dir = no value = no value safe_mode_gid = Off = Off safe_mode_include_dir = no value = no value sql.safe_mode = Off = Off Supported ciphers = cast-128 gost rijndael-128 twofish arcfour cast-256 loki97 rijndael-192 saferplus wake blowfish-compat des rijndael-256 serpent xtea blowfish enigma rc2 tripledes safe_mode_allowed_env_vars = PHP_ = PHP_ safe_mode_protected_env_vars = LD_LIBRARY_PATH = LD_LIBRARY_PATH Hours lost, any help, Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Shell_exec timeout question
HI, Does anybody know if its possible to execute a command through exec, shell exec, system and if the program doesn't terminate in N seconds returns control to PHP ? Thanks in advance Rui Francisco -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shell_exec
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[PHP] Shell_exec
Hello i need some help with my battlefield livestat i have two website www.flashwebb.se and www.flashwebb.com and the help i need is on the www.flashwebb.com site You can look here http://www.flashwebb.se/bf1942live/vietnam.pl and see it on action so now i have download the php nuke and i want to have the same page as above wheni click on a link to my new site and i been told to make a php page and put this code to call the vietnam.pl ?php require_once(mainfile.php); include(header.php); $content = `/C:/Inetpub/com/html/bf1942live/vietnam.pl`; print $content; include(footer.php); ? and i save the as bflive.php and put a link to it on my page so now when i click on the link i get this erromessage Warning: shell_exec(): Unable to execute '/C:/Inetpub/com/html/bf1942live/vietnam.pl' in C:\Inetpub\Com\html\bflive.php on line 7 You can see for your self here http://www.flashwebb.com/bflive.php so now i don't know what's wrong i want the page vietnam.pl to come up when i click on the link as you can do can see here http://www.flashwebb.se/bf1942live/vietnam.pl Anyone who can help me here??? Regards Peter -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec and accents
Hi, I'm using shell_exec to call a command that can return accented characters. Unfortunately the accented characters are being transformed into other characters instead (for example, an acute e becomes a ','). How can I get the real output? I'm running on Windows 2000. In the command prompt the command returns the accents correctly. Tim -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec and accents
Hi, I'm using shell_exec to call a command that can return accented characters. Unfortunately the accented characters are being transformed into other characters instead (for example, an acute e becomes a ','). How can I get the real output? I'm running on Windows 2000. In the command prompt the command returns the accents correctly. Tim -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
On Thursday 13 November 2003 16:51, Mario Ohnewald wrote: [snip] == Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit - 44100Hz/2ch/16bit... AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Permission denied AO: [null] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) (2 bps) Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit - 44100Hz/2ch/16bit... Starting playback... Exiting... (End of file) --- --- So php kind of exits after the == chars. Any further ideas? Let's try a change of tack. I believe you wanted to extract some info from an MPEG file? So look for a program which does simply that, ie without trying to play the damn thing. There is a project based on PHP which extracts various info from various format multimedia files. That may or may not do what you want. You can find it on freshmeat.net. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general -- /* Don't get mad, get even. -- Joseph P. Kennedy Don't get even, get jewelry. -- Anonymous */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 21:48, Mario Ohnewald wrote:
ok, i am running the script like this now:
[snip]
This seems to suggest that shell_exec() does not like your command and is not
executing it, so:
Try tackling it logically, step-by-step:
Have you:
1) Turned on full error reporting?
How do i turn that on?
In php.ini, once you've enabled it, restart webserver and see what errors, if
any, you get.
2) Checked that (i) you're not running in safe_mode, or (ii) if you are,
that
you are allowed to access those executables?
i am running in safe mode.
What is the answer to (ii)?
Are you able to execute any shell programs/commands at all? Hint try something
simple like shell_exec('touch /tmp/testfile') and see whether /tmp/testfile
is being created.
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Re: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
Hello!
I think we are almost there yet :)
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 21:48, Mario Ohnewald wrote:
ok, i am running the script like this now:
[snip]
This seems to suggest that shell_exec() does not like your command and is
not
executing it, so:
Try tackling it logically, step-by-step:
Have you:
1) Turned on full error reporting?
How do i turn that on?
In php.ini, once you've enabled it, restart webserver and see what errors,
if
any, you get.
ok, i have enabled that with error_reporting(E_ALL);
2) Checked that (i) you're not running in safe_mode, or (ii) if you
are,
that
you are allowed to access those executables?
i am running in safe mode.
What is the answer to (ii)?
Yes, i do have acces to those files and the permissions are correct.
Are you able to execute any shell programs/commands at all? Hint try
something
simple like shell_exec('touch /tmp/testfile') and see whether
/tmp/testfile
is being created.
Yes, i am.
I think the key is here somewhere:
PHP Output from shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0
/tmp/pitstop.mpeg);
MPlayer 1.0pre2-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred 1466 MHz (Family: 6,
Stepping: 1)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE
Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conffont: can't open
file: (null)
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Using usleep() timing
Playing /tmp/pitstop.mpeg
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG1 320x240 (aspect 1) 29.970 fps 1151.2 kbps (143.9 kbyte/s)
PHP Output from normal shell /usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0
/tmp/pitstop.mpeg
MPlayer 1.0pre2-3.3.2 (C) 2000-2003 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon MP/XP Thoroughbred 1466 MHz (Family: 6,
Stepping: 1)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE
Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or
directory
Reading config file /home/lansinplayer/.mplayer/config
Reading /home/lansinplayer/.mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/home/lansinplayer/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: Can't open
'/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Using built-in default codecs.conf
font: can't open file: /home/lansinplayer/.mplayer/font/font.desc
font: can't open file: /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (mplayer should be setuid root or
/dev/rtc should be readable by the user.)
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/lansinplayer/.mplayer/input.conf: No such
file or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file
or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
Playing /tmp/pitstop.mpeg
MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO: MPEG1 320x240 (aspect 1) 29.970 fps 1151.2 kbps (143.9 kbyte/s)
==
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
MP3lib: init layer23 finished, tables done
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 16000-176400 (128.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm:mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==
ID_FILENAME=/tmp/pitstop.mpeg
ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x1001
ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=1151200
ID_VIDEO_WIDTH=320
ID_VIDEO_HEIGHT=240
ID_VIDEO_FPS=29.970
ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.
ID_AUDIO_CODEC=mp3
ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=80
ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=128000
ID_AUDIO_RATE=44100
ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
ID_LENGTH=16
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
VO XOverlay need a subdriver
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
Can't open /dev/fb0: Permission denied
[fbdev2] Can't open /dev/fb0: Permission denied
==
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
VDec: using Mpeg PES as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [null] 320x240 = 320x240 Mpeg PES
Selected video codec: [mpegpes] vfm:mpegpes (Mpeg PES output (.mpg or
Dxr3/DVB card))
==
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/16bit - 44100Hz/2ch/16bit...
AF_pre: af format: 2 bps, 2 ch, 44100 hz, little endian signed int
AF_pre: 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
audio_setup:
RE: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
Hi, $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \=\ -f 2); $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \=\ -f 2); echo Output: $var; Still gives nothing back :/ Told you, its not that easy :P Thank you very much, Mario -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 17:21, Mario Ohnewald wrote: $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \=\ -f 2); $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \=\ -f 2); echo Output: $var; Still gives nothing back :/ Told you, its not that easy :P Have you: 1) Turned on full error reporting? 2) Checked that (i) you're not running in safe_mode, or (ii) if you are, that you are allowed to access those executables? 3) Confirmed that the left side of the pipe is working and giving the expected output? 4) Tried giving the full path to grep? If you're still having trouble with it you can try sticking the above into a little shell script and shell_exec() the shell script instead. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general -- /* Due to lack of disk space, this fortune database has been discontinued. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
ok, i am running the script like this now: START - $var=shell_exec(/home/lansinplayer/server/apache/htdocs/lansinplayer/getfilelength.sh /tmp/pitstop.mpeg); echo --$var--; STOP - Where echo returns nothing. I did a chmod 777 on the getfilelength.sh file. When i run the file in shell i get this: $ /home/lansinplayer/server/apache/htdocs/lansinplayer/getfilelength.sh /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 16 The Shell file looks like that: if [ $1 ];then length=`mplayer -identify -frames 0 $1 2/dev/null| grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \=\ -f 2` echo $length On Wednesday 12 November 2003 17:21, Mario Ohnewald wrote: $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \=\ -f 2); $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \=\ -f 2); echo Output: $var; Still gives nothing back :/ Told you, its not that easy :P Have you: 1) Turned on full error reporting? How do i turn that on? 2) Checked that (i) you're not running in safe_mode, or (ii) if you are, that you are allowed to access those executables? i am running in safe mode. 3) Confirmed that the left side of the pipe is working and giving the expected output? $var2=shell_exec(mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg | /bin/grep ID_LENGTH); gives nothing back. Thats what i get in Shell: - $ mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg | grep ID_LENGTH : No such file or directory Can't open '/home/lansinplayer/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Can't open '/usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.) Can't open input config file /home/lansinplayer/.mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf: No such file or directory Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()! vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()! VO XOverlay need a subdriver vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()! Can't open /dev/fb0: Permission denied [fbdev2] Can't open /dev/fb0: Permission denied audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Permission denied ID_LENGTH=16 4) Tried giving the full path to grep? yes i did If you're still having trouble with it you can try sticking the above into a little shell script and shell_exec() the shell script instead. See above. Any further ideas? Thank you, Mario -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec with pipes
Hello List! I have tried to get this command working with php for about 2Weeks now, and i would like you to try to get this thing working. This shell command: /usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null| grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d = -f 2 gives me the result 16 back, the LENGHT of the filename. $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null| grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d = -f 2); just wont for some reason! $var ist just empty. I was playing around with stderr and stdout and stuff, but i dont know why php wont deal with it as shell does. $var=shell_exec(ls -al); for examle works just fine! Could someone please give it a try, cause i have spent hours in irc channels and googeling around to get this solved :/ Thanks a LOT!! Mario -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
Have you tried escaping the pipes and quotes? Try this: $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null\| grep ID_LENGTH \| cut -d \=\ -f 2); Mario Ohnewald wrote: $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null| grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d = -f 2); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
Have you tried escaping the pipes and quotes? Try this: $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null\| grep ID_LENGTH \| cut -d \=\ -f 2); nope, still get nothing back. Mario Ohnewald wrote: $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null| grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d = -f 2); -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
[snip] $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null\| grep ID_LENGTH \| cut -d \=\ -f 2); [/snip] $var=shell_exec(/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0 /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \=\ -f 2); Try just escaping the quotes, pipes should be OK IIRC. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] shell_exec question - Solved
To all who contributed to this thread, many thanks... I tried all the suggestions offered but still had the same problem. Today I copied php.ini-dist over to /etc, restarted Apache and everything works. This process was repeated many times during the last day or so, so I don`t know what happened to make it work this time. Anyhowze, my shell_exec`s are working now, so I`m a happy camper... Thanks again to all who assisted, muchly apreciated. -- Chris Blake Support Consultant Office : (011) 782-0840 Fax: (011) 782-0841 Mobile : 083 985 0379 Website: http://www.pbpc.co.za THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #10: SIMPLE SIMPLE is an acronym for Sheer Idiot's Monopurpose Programming Language Environment. This language, developed at the Hanover College for Technological Misfits, was designed to make it impossible to write code with errors in it. The statements are, therefore, confined to BEGIN, END and STOP. No matter how you arrange the statements, you can't make a syntax error. Programs written in SIMPLE do nothing useful. Thus they achieve the results of programs written in other languages without the tedious, frustrating process of testing and debugging. 10:29:53 up 22 days, 1:59, 3 users, load average: 0.52, 0.19, 0.13 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec question
Greetings learned PHP(eople); I`m using a shell_exec to get a list of files from a specified directory. When I run it locally on my machine i works. When I run it on the other machine I get = Warning: shell_exec() [function.shell-exec]: Cannot execute using backquotes in Safe Mode in /var/www/html/search.php on line 9 = In /etc/php.ini Safe Mode is offI read some postings in the archives and on the advice given checked that the owner of the script has the relevant permissions on the directory/files trying to be accessed, and they are the same i.e. root Any ideas ? -- Chris Blake Support Consultant Office : (011) 782-0840 Fax: (011) 782-0841 Mobile : 083 985 0379 Website: http://www.pbpc.co.za What does education often do? It makes a straight cut ditch of a free meandering brook. -- Henry David Thoreau 13:10:21 up 21 days, 4:40, 3 users, load average: 0.48, 0.33, 0.28 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
safe mode is on, turn it off and restart webserver. Then you can check directory permissions. Chris Blake wrote: Greetings learned PHP(eople); I`m using a shell_exec to get a list of files from a specified directory. When I run it locally on my machine i works. When I run it on the other machine I get = Warning: shell_exec() [function.shell-exec]: Cannot execute using backquotes in Safe Mode in /var/www/html/search.php on line 9 = In /etc/php.ini Safe Mode is offI read some postings in the archives and on the advice given checked that the owner of the script has the relevant permissions on the directory/files trying to be accessed, and they are the same i.e. root Any ideas ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
On 08 Oct 2003 13:25:51 +0200, you wrote: I`m using a shell_exec to get a list of files from a specified directory. When I run it locally on my machine i works. When I run it on the other machine I get What Marek said. However, is there any reason you're not using readdir()? http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 13:56, David Otton wrote: However, is there any reason you're not using readdir()? http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php I`ve got a whole bunch of other stuff happening using shell_exec, eg file searches etc I changed php.ini entry for safemode=on , restarted Apache, but that didn`t help.opendir() returns the following : = Warning: opendir() [function.opendir]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 0 is not allowed to access /home owned by uid 0 in /var/www/html/backups.php on line 8 Warning: opendir(/home/chris/PBPCBackup/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/backups.php on line 8 = I got this error as well prior to changing the safe mode parameter... Still lost, but searching :( -- Chris Blake Support Consultant Office : (011) 782-0840 Fax: (011) 782-0841 Mobile : 083 985 0379 Website: http://www.pbpc.co.za Women want their men to be cops. They want you to punish them and tell them what the limits are. The only thing that women hate worse from a man than being slapped is when you get on your knees and say you're sorry. -- Mort Sahl 14:40:40 up 21 days, 6:10, 3 users, load average: 0.32, 0.14, 0.25 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
Did you edit the right php.ini? Check out phpinfo() output for Configuration File (php.ini) Path Chris Blake wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 13:56, David Otton wrote: However, is there any reason you're not using readdir()? http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.readdir.php I`ve got a whole bunch of other stuff happening using shell_exec, eg file searches etc I changed php.ini entry for safemode=on , restarted Apache, but that didn`t help.opendir() returns the following : = Warning: opendir() [function.opendir]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 0 is not allowed to access /home owned by uid 0 in /var/www/html/backups.php on line 8 Warning: opendir(/home/chris/PBPCBackup/) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/backups.php on line 8 = I got this error as well prior to changing the safe mode parameter... Still lost, but searching :( -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 14:51, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Did you edit the right php.ini? Check out phpinfo() output for Configuration File (php.ini) Path Yep, tried that...it states /etc/php.ini, and lists other location of /etc/php/, but that directory doesn`t contain a php.ini file -- Chris Blake Support Consultant Office : (011) 782-0840 Fax: (011) 782-0841 Mobile : 083 985 0379 Website: http://www.pbpc.co.za Campus sidewalks never exist as the straightest line between two points. -- M. M. Johnston 14:56:07 up 21 days, 6:26, 3 users, load average: 0.48, 0.25, 0.21 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
I think that ALL files in other location are parsed, it does not need to be named php.ini Chris Blake wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 14:51, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Did you edit the right php.ini? Check out phpinfo() output for Configuration File (php.ini) Path Yep, tried that...it states /etc/php.ini, and lists other location of /etc/php/, but that directory doesn`t contain a php.ini file -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:02, Marek Kilimajer wrote: I think that ALL files in other location are parsed, it does not need to be named php.ini I checked in /etc/php/ and it lists the following files : 23_gid.ini 26_imap.ini 27_ldap.ini 34_mysql.ini and 41_readline.ini All these files contain single entries e.g extension =readline.so and so on. Is there another file I should look for in /etc ? -- Chris Blake Support Consultant Office : (011) 782-0840 Fax: (011) 782-0841 Mobile : 083 985 0379 Website: http://www.pbpc.co.za A person forgives only when they are in the wrong. 15:08:37 up 21 days, 6:38, 3 users, load average: 0.33, 0.16, 0.14 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
Then check your httpd.conf for php_(admin_)?(flag|value) Chris Blake wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:02, Marek Kilimajer wrote: I think that ALL files in other location are parsed, it does not need to be named php.ini I checked in /etc/php/ and it lists the following files : 23_gid.ini 26_imap.ini 27_ldap.ini 34_mysql.ini and 41_readline.ini All these files contain single entries e.g extension =readline.so and so on. Is there another file I should look for in /etc ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:23, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Then check your httpd.conf for php_(admin_)?(flag|value) I checked it but there is nothing for php whatsoever. -- Chris Blake Support Consultant Office : (011) 782-0840 Fax: (011) 782-0841 Mobile : 083 985 0379 Website: http://www.pbpc.co.za Anybody with money to burn will easily find someone to tend the fire. 15:35:56 up 21 days, 7:05, 3 users, load average: 0.08, 0.08, 0.14 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:23, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Then check your httpd.conf for php_(admin_)?(flag|value) OK, so I`ve tried all the suggestions posted, thanks guys...but then I went and deleted the php.ini file in /etc, and still when I use phpinfo(); it gives me the usual phpinfo page... So where is the info coming from...another php.ini located somewhere else on my drive ? A search revealed naddaso I`m out of ideas right now. -- Chris Blake Support Consultant Office : (011) 782-0840 Fax: (011) 782-0841 Mobile : 083 985 0379 Website: http://www.pbpc.co.za buzzword, n: The fly in the ointment of computer literacy. 16:16:41 up 21 days, 7:46, 3 users, load average: 0.43, 0.20, 0.24 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] shell_exec question
On 08 October 2003 15:19, Chris Blake contributed these pearls of wisdom: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:23, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Then check your httpd.conf for php_(admin_)?(flag|value) OK, so I`ve tried all the suggestions posted, thanks guys...but then I went and deleted the php.ini file in /etc, and still when I use phpinfo(); it gives me the usual phpinfo page... So where is the info coming from...another php.ini located somewhere else on my drive ? No, these will be PHP's built-in default values (which are the same as the ones in one of the php.ini-* included in the PHP distribution -- php.ini-dist, I think, but I could be wrong). The trick is to look at the phpinfo() output for Configuration file (php.ini) path -- if it only gives a directory's path (ending in /, without a php.ini filename on the end), than that is the path it is looking in, but there is no php.ini file there so the built-in defaults are being used. If it gives a full pathname ending with an actual filename, that is the file it is reading. Cheers! Mike - Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
Start here: grep -r safe_mode /* ;) Chris Blake wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:23, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Then check your httpd.conf for php_(admin_)?(flag|value) OK, so I`ve tried all the suggestions posted, thanks guys...but then I went and deleted the php.ini file in /etc, and still when I use phpinfo(); it gives me the usual phpinfo page... So where is the info coming from...another php.ini located somewhere else on my drive ? A search revealed naddaso I`m out of ideas right now. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
Chris Blake wrote: OK, so I`ve tried all the suggestions posted, thanks guys...but then I went and deleted the php.ini file in /etc, and still when I use phpinfo(); it gives me the usual phpinfo page... First, make sure to restart Apache after you do anything to php.ini Secondly, when php.ini is absent, php starts with default options. So where is the info coming from...another php.ini located somewhere else on my drive ? A search revealed naddaso I`m out of ideas right now. If there are any .htaccess files, they can include php overrides also. Check to make sure that local and master values are what you want them to be. -- Burhan Khalid phplist[at]meidomus[dot]com http://www.meidomus.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
I thought about it, but safe mode can be set only in php.ini or httpd.conf Burhan Khalid wrote: Chris Blake wrote: OK, so I`ve tried all the suggestions posted, thanks guys...but then I went and deleted the php.ini file in /etc, and still when I use phpinfo(); it gives me the usual phpinfo page... First, make sure to restart Apache after you do anything to php.ini Secondly, when php.ini is absent, php starts with default options. So where is the info coming from...another php.ini located somewhere else on my drive ? A search revealed naddaso I`m out of ideas right now. If there are any .htaccess files, they can include php overrides also. Check to make sure that local and master values are what you want them to be. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec question
Is there a .htaccess file in (or above) the directory that the script is in? If so, look to see if safe mode is turned on there. Chris Blake wrote: On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 15:23, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Then check your httpd.conf for php_(admin_)?(flag|value) OK, so I`ve tried all the suggestions posted, thanks guys...but then I went and deleted the php.ini file in /etc, and still when I use phpinfo(); it gives me the usual phpinfo page... So where is the info coming from...another php.ini located somewhere else on my drive ? A search revealed naddaso I`m out of ideas right now. -- By-Tor.com It's all about the Rush http://www.by-tor.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec
From: Rodney Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello. I've been attempting to write a script that will run a shell script using the shell_exec function and haven't had any success with getting it to run in the browser. My web server runs as the user 'apache.' I'm able to run the script successfully from the command line as root but when I run it in the browser the shell script executes but fails. Is there a way to trace what is happening when it is being run from the browser to figure out what the problem is? Any suggestiosn? I've set the permissions of the script to be executable for anyone. check for errors at /var/log/httpd/error_log or at /var/log/messages regards, Juan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec
Hello. I've been attempting to write a script that will run a shell script using the shell_exec function and haven't had any success with getting it to run in the browser. My web server runs as the user 'apache.' I'm able to run the script successfully from the command line as root but when I run it in the browser the shell script executes but fails. Is there a way to trace what is happening when it is being run from the browser to figure out what the problem is? Any suggestiosn? I've set the permissions of the script to be executable for anyone. Thanks, Rod -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec
Shell side: - must be readable and executable by user (apache or perhaps everyone) - suid bit work only for programs, not scripts I think - shell can only execute cmds for which it's effective user has sufficient permissions Try this (as root on webserver), if you can login as apache. If you can't login as apache, log as a normal user (not root) # su - apache $ cd /path/to/script $ ./myscript.sh You will probably see errors here. As Juan suggested I checked /var/log/messages. The shell script I'm trying to run is a script that restarts our web content filter. In the script it removes the pid file so it will be recreated when the application is started again. The error I'm getting in the message log is dansguardian: Error creating/opening pid file. Any ideas on what to do? Thanks for your help, Rod -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... Shell side: - must be readable and executable by user (apache or perhaps everyone) - suid bit work only for programs, not scripts I think - shell can only execute cmds for which it's effective user has sufficient permissions Try this (as root on webserver), if you can login as apache. If you can't login as apache, log as a normal user (not root) # su - apache $ cd /path/to/script $ ./myscript.sh You will probably see errors here. As Juan suggested I checked /var/log/messages. The shell script I'm trying to run is a script that restarts our web content filter. In the script it removes the pid file so it will be recreated when the application is started again. The error I'm getting in the message log is dansguardian: Error creating/opening pid file. Any ideas on what to do? Thanks for your help, Rod Check whether the user that the webserver runs as has appropriate permissions in the relevant directory? -- Quod subigo farinam $email =~ s/oz$/au/o; A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec
Rodney Green wrote: My web server runs as the user 'apache.' (...) the script successfully from the command line as root but when I run it in the browser the shell script executes but fails. (...) I've set the permissions of the script to be executable for anyone. Shell side: - must be readable and executable by user (apache or perhaps everyone) - suid bit work only for programs, not scripts I think - shell can only execute cmds for which it's effective user has sufficient permissions Try this (as root on webserver), if you can login as apache. If you can't login as apache, log as a normal user (not root) # su - apache $ cd /path/to/script $ ./myscript.sh You will probably see errors here. If not, it probably is a safemode restriction. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php#ini.safe-mode and set the safe_mode_* variables in php.ini or in a .htaccess, in particular safe_mode_exec_dir ... Hope it helps -- Christophe Chisogne http://www.publicityweb.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Shell_exec() [ or what else? ] to kill root-started FTP daemon
Hello.
I am trying to restart my FTP daemon by killing it and then starting it using
the shell_exec() function:
shell_exec('kill '.$pid );
Shell_exec does nothing by this - when i do ps -ef later, i see the daemon
with the same pid still running.
But it did return the correct pid when i ran:
$pid = shell_exec('cat /var/myftpd.pid');
I think it cannot kill the process because it has no rights. What should be
done to give php scripts rights to rule?
I run apache 1.3.27, php 4.3.2 on suse 8.1; Apache starts as root, switches to
nobody...
!!! The FTP daemon cannot be started by any other user but root so idea to
start and kill the daemon by some special apache user does not work :(
Any ideas? Why can't my dear friend PHP rule???
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Re: [PHP] Shell_exec() [ or what else? ] to kill root-started FTPdaemon
Try sudo (man sudo)
Pietuka Krusti wrote:
Hello.
I am trying to restart my FTP daemon by killing it and then starting it using
the shell_exec() function:
shell_exec('kill '.$pid );
Shell_exec does nothing by this - when i do ps -ef later, i see the daemon
with the same pid still running.
But it did return the correct pid when i ran:
$pid = shell_exec('cat /var/myftpd.pid');
I think it cannot kill the process because it has no rights. What should be
done to give php scripts rights to rule?
I run apache 1.3.27, php 4.3.2 on suse 8.1; Apache starts as root, switches to
nobody...
!!! The FTP daemon cannot be started by any other user but root so idea to
start and kill the daemon by some special apache user does not work :(
Any ideas? Why can't my dear friend PHP rule???
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Re: [PHP] shell_exec question....
Kalin -- Please don't hijack threads. This question has nothing to do with your last questions regarding email address regular expressions. For that matter, *that* had nothing to do with php and perl. Mail and news messages have many headers, some of which serve to connect messages together. You can even change the Subject: as the discussion evolves or forks and the messages will all still be properly related to the right parents and children. This is a good thing, even though Microsoft Outlook really doesn't support it too well at all and many users of it have no threading or sorting capabilities. When starting a new topic, or thread, please start a fresh message. Not only is there no chance of forgetting to change the subject but the message also does not appear glued onto another message where it really doesn't belong. ...and then Kalin Mintchev said... % % hello list, Hi! % % what has to happened so this actually works: % % $mstrng = shell_exec(/usr/sbin/zip 0041_27032003223711.zip % 0041_27032003223711); Are you running under safe mode, which turns off shell execs? Can you call anything via shell_exec? Have you tried using system() instead? % % if php is compiled as a module with apache is the apache owner the one % that has to have writing permissions? if so - it does.. OK; that's a good start. We need more details, though. Tell us what you've done and what does or doesn't happen, including any error messages on the web page or in the apache log. % % any help appreciated... % % thank you HTH HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[PHP] shell_exec question....
hello list, what has to happened so this actually works: $mstrng = shell_exec(/usr/sbin/zip 0041_27032003223711.zip 0041_27032003223711); if php is compiled as a module with apache is the apache owner the one that has to have writing permissions? if so - it does.. any help appreciated... thank you -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec problem
On Friday 15 November 2002 03:02, Coert Metz wrote: Hi everybody I have some few problems with the shell_exec command. I want to send a fax with hylafax using the sendfax program in linux. When I try to do shell_exec (sendfax -n -d faxnumber faxfile) it will I have a little app which allows someone to enter a number and upload a PDF file which gets faxed using sendfax. Works fine here. I'm basically doing the same as you are: shell_exec(sendfax $OPTIONS -d $DESTINATION $FILE); not work I can see in my httpd file that linux only gets the command 'sendfax' and not the parameters '-n -d .'. What httpd file? You mean the log? What exactly do you see? Copy-paste the line(s). -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * /* MMM-MM!! So THIS is BIO-NEBULATION! */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec problem
Hi everybody I have some few problems with the shell_exec command. I want to send a fax with hylafax using the sendfax program in linux. When I try to do shell_exec (sendfax -n -d faxnumber faxfile) it will not work I can see in my httpd file that linux only gets the command 'sendfax' and not the parameters '-n -d .'. Can anybody help me? Thanks in advance Coert Metz -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec('cp...
I'm having problems running cp from shel_exec(). Nothing is returned, but the copy is unsuccessful. The same call works as user nobody from the actual shell. Any ideas? -Alec -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec('cp...
Have you tried redirecting stderr to a file? On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 11:50, Alec Solway wrote: I'm having problems running cp from shel_exec(). Nothing is returned, but the copy is unsuccessful. The same call works as user nobody from the actual shell. Any ideas? -Alec -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec root question
Hi, i wrote a script, which runs echo shell_exec(exim -bp); so it simply gives me the current mail queue. However, it only works when called by user root, because exim won't let group or others execute it. So, i cannot use it with apache, because it runs as nobody. Well, i saw scripts that can do so, but i have no clue how it is possible for them. Does anyone have an idea? I thought about adding a cron-job and let it update a file every 5 minutes with the current mail queue, but that will cause unnecesary load and it won't be up2date. So, any ideas are welcome, Thanks, Duncan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec() or passthru()
Hi, I have a bash script I need to run. I have tried all the various program execution commands. My script never completes. It only get 1/4 of the way through. I have tried running the script in the background. Any ideas? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec() or passthru()
Hi, I have a bash script I need to run. I have tried all the various program execution commands. My script never completes. It only get 1/4 of the way through. I have tried running the script in the background. Any ideas? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec() or passthru()
You may need to redirect output (both stderr and stdout) atleast that helped me with a similar problem. My system is Linux. On Saturday 23 March 2002 11:06 pm, Douglas wrote: Hi, I have a bash script I need to run. I have tried all the various program execution commands. My script never completes. It only get 1/4 of the way through. I have tried running the script in the background. Any ideas? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec() or passthru()
And by redirect I mean to /dev/null possibly if you don't want to capture output. On Saturday 23 March 2002 03:52 pm, Douglas wrote: Hi, I have a bash script I need to run. I have tried all the various program execution commands. My script never completes. It only get 1/4 of the way through. I have tried running the script in the background. Any ideas? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] shell_exec()
Hello all, Does anyone know if shell_exec waits to have whatever it was passed to be executed before returning to the script? I am asking that because I need to write a script to compact files to a zip and then have it e-mailed to a predefined address. The files it will compact might have a considerable size and since this script will be triggered by a web page I wonder if shell_exec would be executed as a separate thread or if it will be the same one. For me, the ideal thing was to have it wait for the command to be over. Any suggestions? Thank you, Carlos Fernando. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] shell_exec()
On Saturday 16 March 2002 06:21, Carlos Fernando Scheidecker Antunes wrote: Hello all, Does anyone know if shell_exec waits to have whatever it was passed to be executed before returning to the script? I am asking that because I need to write a script to compact files to a zip and then have it e-mailed to a predefined address. The files it will compact might have a considerable size and since this script will be triggered by a web page I wonder if shell_exec would be executed as a separate thread or if it will be the same one. For me, the ideal thing was to have it wait for the command to be over. It waits. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* There's so much to say but your eyes keep interrupting me. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
