Re: running php script from cron with permissions

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Hamlet wrote: > True. Somehow slipped my mind, now it works perfectly. PHP is awesome for > system scripting. Just wondering... why would you want to reboot your machine from a cron job? :) Derick > > "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 > > > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did I help you? http://www.derickrethans.nl/link.php?url=giftlist Frequent ranting: http://www.derickrethans.nl/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHP: Scripting the Web - derick@php.net All your branches are belong to me! SRM: Script Running Machine - www.vl-srm.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------