Re: exec 'lynx' failed ???
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Fri, 29 Sep 2000 22:57:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: exec 'lynx' failed ??? | ||
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> I found out if I "su nobody", lynx doesn't work!!!
> metamail: Can't open temporary file!
>
> I don't get it
su nobody
strace lynx
then check to see where it is trying to open a temp file and fix the
permissions on that location.
-Rasmus
>
>
> --- Sonia
>
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Van wrote:
>
> > Sonia Tsui wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone done this before?
> > > exec("lynx -dump
> > > http://mysite.com/cgi-bin/mytest.cgi", $result,$ret_val)
> > >
> > > I got a return value of 255, which means the exec of 'lynx' failed. I
> > > don't know why though. Anyone know why?
> > >
> > > ---Sonia
> > Sonia:
> >
> > Give it the full path.
> > exec("/usr/bin/lynx -dump
> > http://mysite.com/cgi-bin/mytest.cgi",
> > $result,$ret_val)
> >
> > Van
> > --
> > =========================================================================
> > Linux rocks!!! http://www.dedserius.com
> > =========================================================================
> >
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