Hi David,
I do not have installed Linux on my computer, maybe this link should help: https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=36419 Best Regards, Sasa From: talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-boun...@lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of David Roth Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:51 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: [nyphp-talk] Can't do PHP 'exec' for an rsync command via web server I'm developing a small utility web page to run on my own server which is running CentOS 6.2 and Apache. PHP 5.3.3. I tried using from PHP the exec function and also system, but after checking the results nothing is returned. However, when I ran a little fragment of this PHP code from the command line, it worked fine. But it won't execute and return anything when run from a web page. I have searched for an answer and have not been able to find a workable solution to this. I looked and Safe Mode is off for PHP, as it is shipped with CentOS. I've see forum postings about having Apache run as root, but that's not secure. I was wondering if it was possible to put some specific commands in sudoers like rsync for apache? That way maybe exec('sudo rsync ...'); would work without promoting for a password? I'd greatly appreciate a solution from someone who has already been through this. Thanks! David Roth
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