Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Mon, 4 Aug 2003 at 23:14, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you. > Hello. I'm attempting to run the exec function to run a shell script > that > will restart a service on my Red Hat server. The script says it has > failed > shutting down and restarting the service everytime I run it from a > browser. > Any suggestions on why it might be failing? I can send more details if > needed.
I expect it is because the shell script is running with the permissions as of webserver and your webserver does not have permission to restart the service. HTH David. -- phpmachine :: The quick and easy to use service providing you with professionally developed PHP scripts :: http://www.phpmachine.com/ Free PHP error handling script: www.phpmachine.com/error-handler Professional Web Development by David Nicholson - www.djnicholson.com QuizSender.com - How well do your friends actually know you? http://www.quizsender.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php