Re: running php script from cron with permissions

True. Somehow slipped my mind, now it works perfectly. PHP is awesome for system scripting. "David Eriksson" <david@2good.nu> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0207212236430.24695-100000@natty.rsn.bth.se... > 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 >