Re: access a file

Curlys wrote:

hi , when run this script from the command prompt, it is working. <?php shell_exec ('killall -HUP abc.pl'); ?> <html> <body> Terminated the application ...........!!!! </body> </html> but , when it is put this file in a apache web server run via web browser ( accessing a URL with a Link ) it doesn't work . what should i have to do ? thanx curlys Could be several things, the most likely being that the process is owned by a user other than nobody other possibilities include the fact that you may be running in safe mode. You might want to look at sudo or suexec mechanisms as a solution. An alternative approach was suggested yesterday to a similar problem that involved cron jobs by another poster.

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