[SOLVED] Problem with shell_exec on LightTPD

[lindsten]

Hi everyone!

 

I've got a very simple script with shell_exec that's giving me a headache! My server is a NetBSD machine running LightTPD (1.4.8nb1) and php (5.1.1nb2).

 

 

I've got the file dummy.php with the following content:

 

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

$res = shell_exec("pwd 2>&1");

echo $res;

?>

 

 

When I access this file through a browser i can't see any output:

 

http://my.url/dummy.php results in a blank page that loads in no time! No error messages, neither output by the browser or in the log files (php.log and LightTPD's error.log).  ???

 

 

When I use the terminal on the servern it all works fine:

 

php /path/to/wwwroot/dummy.php gives me the working directory. Doesn't matter from which working directory I execute the command, or which user (I've tried the LightTPD user aswell). It works every time! 

 

 

safe_mode is off and there are no disabled_functions!

 

 

I've asked around in LightTPD forums, but they say it's a PHP problem. So, I've asked around in (other) PHP forums but noone seems to have any ideas how to solve this!  :'(

Perhaps there are expert users here that can help me, or at least redirect me to some other expert forum.

 

 

Thanks for any help!

 

/ Mikael

 

 

 

[lindsten]

*bump*

[lindsten]

Problem solved!

 

 

My mistake! I forgot to add a shell to my chroot. Hard to use a shell if there is none!