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[Andrew Yochum]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 09:34:39AM -0400, Jayesh Sheth wrote:
> Shouldn't exec() be able to run any executable on the system with a full
> path, or are there some other requirements for that executable?

You should check out the various safe mode features.  They can restrict
such things and are possibly getting in your way:
	http://us4.php.net/features.safe-mode

Specifically you might check out open_basedir as it is not dependent on
whether safe mode is on or off IIRC.

HTH,
Andrew

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