Re: Why is this not working

If i do that using telnet it asks for nobody's password. What does this mean? "Tyrone Mills" <TMills@total-care.com> wrote in message news:25636AA0C9F6D31192CE00E02905E08602D6E476@mailkel01... > su nobody -c "/usr/local/bin/htpasswd -b /users/domain/.htpasswd abc pass" > > See what you get... > > "YoBro" <nospam@brochures.co.nz> wrote in message > news:<9e1i8t$op5$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net>... > > I have set the htpasswd file to 777 while i attempt to get this to work. > > > > I have found the htpasswd executable. > > /usr/local/bin > > So my code now reads: > > > > <?php > > passthru ("/usr/local/bin/htpasswd -b /users/domain/.htpasswd abc pass"); > > ?> > > Still no go. > > Any ideas to view errors while I attempt to write to the file .htpasswd > > > > YoBro > > > > "Shawn Reed" <shawn@remotebackupcenter.com> wrote in message > > news:01C0DEF9.97DDEAA0@SHAWN... > > the user that the webserver runs as (usually "apache" or "nobody") > > must > have > > write permissions to the file which htpasswd is attempting to write to, or > > else it won't be able to make the changes you are attempting to make. > > > > ~shawn > > > > > > YoBro <nospam@brochures.co.nz> wrote in message > > news:<9e1h4j$8k5$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net>... > > > That didn't seem to work. > > > I am beginning to pull my hair out now. > > > > > > ""Tolga "thorr" Orhon"" <thorr@asenacorp.com> > > > wrote in message > > > news:9e1gjb$u1q$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > > > > I mean the absolute path for executable. > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > passthru ("/usr/bin/htpasswd -b /users/domain/.htpasswd abc pass"); > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > thorr > > > > > > > > ""YoBro"" <nospam@brochures.co.nz> wrote in message > > > > news:9e1gb1$jnn$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > > > > > My message described the absolute path with the provider I use. > > > > > > > > > > I am able to download the .htpasswd file from > > > > > /users/domain/ > > > > > > > > > > Still not working though. > > > > > > > > > > ""Tolga "thorr" Orhon"" > > > > > <thorr@asenacorp.com> wrote in message > > > > > news:9e1fth$vi3$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > > > > > > May be you need to use absolute path for htpasswd. eg. > > > /usr/bin/htpasswd > > > > > > Did u check for any error msgs? > > > > > > > > > > > > thorr > > > > > > > > > > > > ""YoBro"" <nospam@brochures.co.nz> wrote in > > > > > > message > > > > > > > > > > > > news:9e1fcd$pir$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > > > > > > > After much investigation through many newsgroups and websites, I > > > found > > > > > out > > > > > > > that this is the way you can execute a unix apache command to > add > > a > > > > user > > > > > > to > > > > > > > the htpasswd list with PHP. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Problem is, it doesn't add any information to the htpasswd file. > > > > > > > Note: The example below is... > > > > > > > domain = my user name > > > > > > > abc = user name to add to htpasswd list > > > > > > > pass = password to add to htpasswd list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > > passthru ("htpasswd -b /users/domain/.htpasswd abc > > > > > > > pass"); > > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please Help if you can. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > YoBro > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > > > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >