RE: [PHP-WIN] php_oracle.dll causes server to hang for non-privledged user

Dumb question, but does the IIS user (IUSR_machinename) have read and execute rights to C:\php\extensions\? Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Jones [mailto:bojo@thelunix.org] > Sent: 11 September 2002 21:47 > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] php_oracle.dll causes server to hang for > non-privledged user > > > The developers in our establishment are administrators on the > development Windows 2000 server, which runs IIS 5 and PHP > 4.2.3 (as of today). This problem was also reproduced on PHP 4.2.2. > > When a PHP page was served to a non-privledged domain user > (something as simple as echo 'blah'; for example), the users > browser would hang. Eventually it would print the following error: > > X-Powered-By: PHP/4.2.3 Content-type: text/html blahPHP > Warning: Unable to load dynamic library > 'C:\php\extensions\php_oracle.dll' - Access is denied. in > Unknown on line 0 > > Since the first half of the line actually printed expected > html document, but broke on the php_oracle.dll, we were lead > to believe that it was the oracle piece under IIS/PHP. > > The oracle extension in itself is not the problem, since I am > developing a page using the php_oracle.dll extension on this > server just fine (returns valid data, etc). If this > extension is commented out of the php.ini file, then a > non-privledged user can execute any other php file from that > point forth just fine (again, the simple echo script for example). > > Alternatively, if that user is given administrator access to > the webserver, the php_oracle.dll extension can stay in > place, and the user can properly execute a php script > (including something that integrates with oracle, beyond just > a basic script). > > I'm not sure why scripts would fail with the oracle extension > in place, even though they have nothing to do with that > piece. I also don't understand why a user needs higher privs > to execute scripts with it in place. > > I wasn't able to find this problem in the bug list, nor did > google return anything. There were alot of hits for "Unable > to load dynamic library", but none of them seemed to be > specific to user privledges. > > > -- > -- bojo > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >