php: exec error-code 127

Hello list, I'm nearly giving up on this. I'm running a small server hosting 2 virtual hosts with typo3 (hold on, .... I'm getting to the point) That typo3 installation refuses to detect my installed ImageMagick, so I did investigated further and found that php refuses execution of any external program. I already disabled safe_mode and open_basedir to test it and found, that I can access text files with no problem but cannot execute programs (like ls, identify, ...) Any attempt returns an error code of 127, which -afaik- means, that the file was not found. I did test this via this little script [begin code] $pfad = "/usr/lib/php/bin/test.txt"; $handle = fopen($pfad, "r"); echo "<br>fpassthru=".fpassthru($handle)."<br>"; $pfad = "/usr/lib/php/bin/ls"; echo "<br>passthru=".passthru($pfad, $ret); echo "<br>ret=".$ret; [end code] No matter what path I set, even same path as of that php file doesnt work. I already compared the apache and php config-files to another server that doesnt run virtual-hosts and where everything runs fine, but couldn't come up with any "significant differences". I even tested it with 777 to the binary files and the files of the virutal host. So, has somebody an idea of what I could have been missing here? I thanks very much for any help. mp -- Erstellt mit Operas revolutionärem E-Mail-Modul: http://www.opera.com/mail/