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[Anthony]

On w2k3 getting exec() to work is a PITA.  If you are running fastcgi
you will have to give that user permission to execute cmd.exe.  Since it
will be running as a network service PHP needs to execute both the
program and cmd.exe.  First I would try and figure out who is requesting
the file (who do you have PHP running as) and then give that user access
to cmd.exe.  Also you can use "filemon" to figure that out.

Hope this helps.

-Anthony

Muhammad Rizwan Nawaz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have apache 2 , php5 on windows 2003 server. I want to execute the
> external command like,
>
> system( 'c:/PHP/safedir/pdftk.exe
> C:/AppServ/www/mylegalwork/images/pdf_files/PROD-5298b6/MLW_Demo_Form_1.pdf 
> dump_data_fields >
> C:/AppServ/www/mylegalwork/images/pdf_files/PROD-5298b6/rizwan')
>
> basicaly pdftk.exe is pdf utility. I have put it in safe directory.
> The problem is when i try to access the page its not execute the
> command. I have try it with passthru, exec and with shell_command but
> all do nothing. Its working fine on my local machine and on linux
> server where i install pdftk but on windows 2003 server its not
> working. I have found an article at
> http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=20951 which says there is security
> issue thats why its not allow php to execute the command. If anyone of
> you know anything about it than do let me know. I really want to run
> the command.
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Best Regards,
> Muhammad Rizwan Nawaz
> Email / MSN Messenger: rizwan_nawaz786 at hotmail.com
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