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RTAdams89
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:52 pm    Post subject: Calling "net start" from PHP Reply with quote
I have a PHP web page which shows various system info of the server it is served from. I have several windows command line outputs stored as variables with the PHP commands:
Code:

$ipconfig = `ipconfig -all`;
exec("netstat -n", $connections);
$services= `net start`;
$drivers= `drivers`;

Later, I can display these variables on the page. All of them work except for the $services one. When I try t display $services, I just get a blank line. The same issue occurs for and "net" command output I try to store as a variable. Why is this?[/code]
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Calling "net start" from PHP Reply with quote
RTAdams89 wrote:
When I try t display $services, I just get a blank line. The same issue occurs for and "net" command output I try to store as a variable. Why is this?[/code]


That's probably because these commands do not output the results to the standard output (where PHP expects them) but rather tries to display them on a terminal window (which is hidden).
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
How would I fix this? Other commands such as "ipconfig" or "netstat" work.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
<?php
exec('net start', $services);
print_r($services);
?>

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Using that code I get the output:
Code:
Array
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hmmm... It worked just fine for me.

Check the command line and see if it's outputting anything.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It works on the command line, but i get that weird array output when trying it in php.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think safe mode would disable the exec funtion. You might check that in your php.ini file.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Safe mode is off. If I run the following PHP code:
Code:
<?php
exec('net start > c:\test.txt');
?>


I get an empty "test.txt" on my C drive. If i run that command (net stat > test.txt) from the local command line, I get info in the file as expected.

Is there perhaps a Windows security setting that is preventing Abyss/PHP from using the "net" commands.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RTAdams89 wrote:
Is there perhaps a Windows security setting that is preventing Abyss/PHP from using the "net" commands.


The Windows command line redirection did not work too (hence the empty file you got) so it is not something specific to Abyss/PHP. Your command is not outputting any data to the standard output.

What is your Windows version?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The command line output does work. If I run "CMD" and type
Code:
net start > c:\test.txt

I get a file filled with a list of running Services.

However, if in a PHP file I type
Code:
<?php
exec('net start > c:\test.txt');
?>


I get an empty file on the drive.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
RTAdams89,

That's really a weird behavior.

We suggest that you try the function listed in http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php#57538 as it may help getting the output of command lines on Windows.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You might also try the passthru(). It works like exec(), but doesn't do any tampering with the output.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If I use "system()" or "passthru()" it returns "2". That's right, the number two. If I try to use that other function @ http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php#57538, I get no output.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
aprelium wrote:
What is your Windows version?


I'm guessing you're running Win2000 or XP Pro. I think I read somewhere that PHP runs on username "system", rather than the username that's logged in. That may just be for *nix OS's, but it seems that might be your issue.

Also, what is your PHP version?
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Abyss should be running as the user I am logged in on as that is the user I installed it from. The only other user on the system is the default "administrator" account, and even running from there, it should work.
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