Posted by JahMic on 12/01/07 10:26

On Nov 29, 9:13 pm, Aaron Saray <102degr...@102degrees.com> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 5:37 am, Erwin Moller
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> <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
> >JahMicwrote:
> > >>> application is in the same directory as the scripts. If I change
> > >>> $MaskData = "mask.exe -e \"TestString\""; to $MaskData = "./mask.exe -
> > >>> e \"TestString\""; (the addition of ./) the value of $ReturnValue is 1
> > >>> and no values for $Result and $output. (Output should be a long
> > >>> string).
> > >> Ok, the $ReturnValue says 1, so I expect that the command DID run
> > >> succesfully.
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> > > Actually, on successful systems $ReturnValue is 0.
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> > Oops. Sorry for the confusion.
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> > >> Very strange your $Output array is empty.
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> > > Is there a possible way to pipe or redirect the output?
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> > Well, passthru() should do this.
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> > <quote>
> > The passthru() function is similar to the exec() function in that it
> > executes a command . This function should be used in place of exec() or
> > system() when the output from the Unix command is binary data which
> > needs to be passed directly back to the browser. A common use for this
> > is to execute something like the pbmplus utilities that can output an
> > image stream directly. By setting the Content-type to image/gif and then
> > calling a pbmplus program to output a gif, you can create PHP scripts
> > that output images directly.
> > </quote>
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> > >> Of course, what you want now is run the command by hand in a shell as
> > >> user PHP, being on Apache: Apache, or nobody or www-data, or
> > >> IUSR_<machinename> on IIS.
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> > >> But you cannot.
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> > >> So you'll have to debug by guessing.
> > >> Does the mask.exe has execution rights for PHP-user?
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> > > I've tried 777 to no avail.
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> > clear.
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> > >> Do you maybe use files in mask.exe that are not accecible by PHP?
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> > > No other files
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> > Anything else that might need additional rights?
> > Maybe opening ports under 1024 on *nix?
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> > >> Throw in a full path to mask.exe instead of ./
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> > > to no avail?
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> > :-(
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> > >> Check your slashes, etc.
> > >> Try passthru() instead of exec().
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> > > nada
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> > >> And last but not least, insult the supportdepartment of your hosting
> > >> provider. ;-)
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> > > Don't worry about that, I'm giving them their due share of grieve.
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> > Sorry James,
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> > What you really need to do first is run the program from commandline to
> > see if it actually works.
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> > You don't know for sure the program works. Is that right?
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> > But I understand that is not possible, since you don't have shell. :-/
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> > I think I would try the supportdepartment and ask then to try it for you.
> > Give them the command and ask them to run it for you.
> > If they refuse, shoot them. :P
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> > It is very difficult to debug like this of course.
> > Sorry, I am also out of options.
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> > Good luck!
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> > Regards,
> > Erwin Moller
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> > > Thanks, James
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> > >> Good luck.
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> > >> Regards,
> > >> Erwin Moller
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> > >>> A hosting provider switch is likely, but this is an immediate issue
> > >>> that I need to get taken care. Once again, any help is much
> > >>> appreciated.
> > >>> Thanks, J- Hide quoted text -
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> What if you tried using exec to run the command but piping standard
> out to one file and standard error to another file. Make sure both of
> these files are in your home directory - and then use fopen to read
> them. This probably won't help tooooo much but it might give you some
> insight. Good luck!- Hide quoted text -
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As it turns out, after blindly switching binaries, I found out I was
trying to use a binary for a different OS. (too many flavors of unix)
Of course, if I had shell access, I could have found this out in 5
minutes. Onwards to other problems.

Many thanks for all the help,

J

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