hi, maybe you can try this: in the IIS properties, you can define the user running your IIS service. Ususally this is IUSR_xxx, but you can set a administrator user (see directory Security/ anonymous user) try to put your win login (prefixed with your domain\ and give your password. If you can execute your cmd and batch file, then you can be sure that the problem if an authorisation problem. Afterward, re-enter the IUSR_xx user as the anonymous user, because running as administrator is rather dangerous!! Also, try the 'Integrated windows Authentication', if this is checked, the anaonymous will NOY be used, but your own login will be used instead. As an example, if the Use integrated authentication is active, try a phpinfo() and you should find your own windows login as AUTH_USER (or others, don't remember). (if you have a login prompt, you can avoid it from the IE setting) Also, have a look at the event viewer and at the IIS log file. Maybe you will see the error reported by IIS... Vincent Dupont Principal Consultant OpenSource Competence Center Ausy Belgium http://www.ausy.be -----Original Message----- From: Frank M. Kromann [mailto:frank@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tue 2/27/2007 22:20 To: Shu Chow Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: shell_exec, batch files, and IIS on Windows The user that runs the php script under iis (IUSER_<maschine name>) should have permissions to execute the cmd.exe file, the .bat file and all the commands included in the .bat file. - Frank > The manual entry for shell_exec has a comment that notes to execute .bat > files with shell_exec, you need to pass the command through cmd.exe with > the /c argument. I was wondering if anyone could share some insight on > why that is. > > I've pretty much verified that this is the case. I can't execute .bat > files at all from a Windows 2003 server running IIS. I can locally on > my development workstation (XP running Apache). I've tried passing the > command through cmd.exe on the server, but some of the commands in the > .bat file does not run properly when going through cmd.exe. > > I suspect that IIS is a key culprit, but I have nothing concrete. I'd > like to take a plausible theory to the IT guys before I request that > they install Apache on that box. > > Thanks for any insight anyone might have. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
