Re: running php script from cron with permissions

power cycle maybe :) -- veins a bofh said: I too can bore you with useless encrypted keys... "? ssa ruoy pu ti evohs dna yek pgp ruoy ekat uoy t'nod yhw" ----- Original Message ----- From: <derick@php.net> To: "Hamlet" <hamlet@royal.net> Cc: <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >