Re: PHP shell commands (exec, passthru and system) won't execute

Mike Graziano wrote: > To all, > > I posted this question once before on the general PHP list; however, now > that the list has been segmented into different groups, I thought I'd try > once again. > > I am a PHP newbie and am having trouble getting PHP shell commands (exec, > passthru and system) to execute. Even something as simple as > > <? > system("dir c:\\"); > ?> > > won't execute on a Webserver running NT Server 4.0 and IIS 4.0. The message > that comes back is > > Warning: Unable to fork [dir c:\] in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\mjg\test1.php on > line 2 > > This very same script ran on a Linux Webserver. Permissions have been set > very liberally so I don't think this is the issue. Other PHP scripts that > do not contain shell commands do execute. > > One suggestion was to try either > > system("command /c dir c:\\"); > > or > > system("cmd /c dir c:\\"); > > Neither of these were successful and resulted in similar error. > > Does any one have any ideas? > > Thx in advance, Try the full path and name thing i.e. my sys has "%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe" in the link/shortcut in my menu try that though I think the full thing i.e. system("C:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe dir C:\\") on my sys. -- Francis Smit Knowledge By Design/OzTel Suite 201, 683 George st Sydney 2000 NSW http://www.kbd.com.au mailto:francis@kbd.com.au Tel: +61 2 9212 1399 Fax: +61 2 9212 5727 ___________________________________ m$: How can we stuff you up today?