Re: Help on running external command / Partially solved

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On Feb 20, 2008 10:30 AM, Mário Gamito <gamito@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

    Please keep the replies on-list, Mario.  It helps others out, and
ensures that you'll get better advice from a larger group of talented
people.

> > <?
> > $username = "lixo";
> > exec('su -c - vpopmail "/var/qmail/bin/maildirmake
> > /home/vpopmail/domains/wwlib.lan/'.$username.'"',$ret,$err);
> > echo "<pre />\n";
> > print_r($ret);
> > echo "</pre>\n";
> > echo isset($err) ? "Error: ".$err : null;
> > ?>
>
> No output at all and I have "display_errors = On" in php.ini
>
> Still no directory creation.
>
> If I run the file as user vpopmail it asks me for a password:
>
> # su - vpopmail
> $ php /home/www/hash.php
>
> Output:"
> [vpopmail@cruzador ~]$ php /home/www/hash.php
> Password:"

    It's because you can't automate su - without using an intermediary
such as 'expect'.

-- 
</Dan>

Daniel P. Brown
Senior Unix Geek
<? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?>

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