Re: System Call Troubles

Thank you! setsebool httpd_disable_trans true /etc/init.d/httpd restart did it. Michael On 5/19/05, Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus@lerdorf.com> wrote: > Michael Stearne wrote: > > I am having the strangest problem using system() or exec() or any > > variation. None of them work on the Fedora Core 3 system that was > > just loaded. The PHP is Version 4.3.11 with Apache 2.0.52, the default > > installation for Fedora Core 3. Everything in PHP works as expected > > except when trying a system call. If I run : > > > > <? > > system("/bin/ls /tmp"); > > ?> > > > > on my OS X (Apache/1.3.33 (Darwin) PHP/4.3.4) this returns the desired > > results, a listing of the tmp directory. On the Fedora box I get > > nothing, a blank page. There is content in the /tmp directory on the > > Fedora box. > > These sorts of problems are easy to debug. Switch to your web server > user id and issue the same command. You will most often find you have a > permission problem, or in the Fedora/Redhat world you will find that > SELinux is yanking your chain. You may want to read through: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc3/ > > -Rasmus > >