#9371 [Com]: system() give unable to fork error

ID: 9371 Comment by: christian dot fanzott at chello dot at Reported By: connolk at tcd dot ie Status: Closed Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: Win2K PHP Version: 4.0.4pl1 Assigned To: derick New Comment: i use in an application the exec command for several actions... and once i got an "unable to fork"-error. this application is running for several months without errors and in the meantime no changes were made. i am running an apache on a linux redhat machine with php 4.3.2 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-06-09 02:52:58] d at d dot com that DOES not work on 4.3.7 with NT4 Warning: exec(): Unable to fork [C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /?] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-04-27 12:55:42] dbeu@php.net fixed in cvs, wait for 4.0.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-02-25 10:55:20] derick@php.net working on it ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-02-21 08:21:05] connolk at tcd dot ie I am running an apache server, which hosts my php pages, on win2k. I am trying to use the system command for some PGP encryption stuff but am getting an "unable to fork" error! For testing I have created the following script: <? system("C:\\notepad.exe"); ?> NOTE: I have copied notepad.exe over to the root directory. I am running PHP 4.0.5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=9371&edit=1