Re: running php script from cron with permissions

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Hamlet wrote: > Hi there, > > I've got a problem that's just a tidbit annoying. I've got a neat little php > script to keep my home network running. At one point in this script it's > required to reboot the machine the script is running on, and this I'm trying > to do with exec("reboot"). > > Now, I run the cron job as root, and if I try "php <? exec("reboot"); ?> > from console it works fine. But not when cron tries to. I've got my > suspicions as to cron doing something kinky with the permissions, and > therefore permissions are not enought for php to execute the reboot command. > > I've been at this all day, suggestions are more than welcome. It's not certain that the "reboot" command is in your PATH environment variable when cron is running. Try adding a line similar to the one below in the beginning of your cron script, or specify the full path when you use exec() in PHP. PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin" Regards, -\- David Eriksson -/- "I personally refuse to use inferior tools because of ideology." - Linus Torvalds