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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: TS-7250 CGI file upload
From: "j.chitte" <>
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 17:17:50 -0000
--- In  "igorarm" <> wrote:
>
> Thanx a lot for your help, it was a permission problem, all fixed 
now.
> However i have one more question 
> 
> I'm trying to restart a linux process from the web screen that i 
have
> created. i run php and use shell_exec() function passing in the 
path
> to the startup script like this:
> 
> shell_exec("/etc/init.d/start.sh restart);
> Apache runs as user nobody, so i created a user www and restarted 
apache.
> Now there is still a permission problem with this. The program,
> originally is being started when the board powers up. i have qa
> symbolic link to the startup script in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
> so initially the program is being started by root.
> how can i make it so i can still start, stop and restart the
> application usinf my startup script but from the web page.
> thanx a lot for you help
> 
> Igor
> 
> 

Hi,

I assume that you have changed httpd.conf to use the www user name 
but forgot to say so.

If the script does not need root priveleges, chown it to your new 
user account. If you want the apache to stop what root has started, 
run whatever it starts with su www (man su).

/jacques



> --- In  Jim Jackson <jj@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, igorarm wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi.
> > > I would like to sate right away I'm very new to CGI.
> > > I'm trying to run either a C cgi program or a PHP script to 
upload a
> > > file on the server(C cgi program is from the CGIC library that 
i have
> > > crosscompiled, php script was from google searching).
> > > I couldn't get neither of them to actually succeed in uploading
> the file.
> > > When i run the CIGC cgi test program and don't specify the 
filename to
> > > upload (so upload is disabled) everything works like a dream, 
however
> > > every time i tried to upload a file using it, i get Internal 
Server
> > > Error message from the apache.
> > > I run the php modded apache server which i downloaded from 
here.
> > > If anyone succeeded on running a file upload cgi or php script 
on
> > > TS-72XX board, please let me know how you did it.
> > 
> > It's probably nothing to do with being on the TS board.
> > It is quite likely a file permissions problem.
> > Check which user apache runs as, and make sure your file/
directory 
> > permissions allow that user to write the relevant file.
> >
>



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