Re: exec 'lynx' failed ???

Hi Rasmus, I did : su nobody strace lynx I got : write(2, "metamail: Can\'t open temporary f"..., 37metamail: Can't open temporary file! So how do I fix the permission ? I think since it's nobody, so no home directory for nobody. thanks --- Sonia On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > 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 > > > ========================================================================= > > > > > > > > > > >