> Hi. I'm wanting to run an executable that generates a text file, and I'm
> having some issues. When I run the command on the server itself, it works
> just fine. When I run the same command via a webpage, the text file does not
> generate. My first impression was that the permissions were wrong. So, I
> gave the web user and the user making the call the necessary permissions....
> no luck. Here's what I'm doing...
>
> $command = "psexec.exe -i -w C:/Folder -u user -p pass -e
> C:/Folder/executable.exe 2>&1";
> exec ($command);
> ?>
>
> This should generate this file but doesn't: C:/Folder/printer_list.txt
>
> Again, when this exact statement is run in the terminal on the Win2k3
> server, it works fine. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> ~Philip
>
> PS... Side note: the list rejected my original email b/c of the subject:
> 'Psexec'. Odd.

Maybe you need the full path to psexec.exe

Or the web server isn't allowed to use exec due to safemode http://php.he.net/manual/en/features....functions.php
or disable_functions in php.ini.
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