Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 79290 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2005 14:37:22 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 30 Nov 2005 14:37:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 6405 invoked by uid 500); 30 Nov 2005 14:37:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 6396 invoked by uid 500); 30 Nov 2005 14:37:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: users@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list users@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 6385 invoked by uid 99); 30 Nov 2005 14:37:11 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:37:11 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.3 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: domain of jslive@gmail.com designates 66.249.82.200 as permitted sender) Received: from [66.249.82.200] (HELO xproxy.gmail.com) (66.249.82.200) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:38:41 -0800 Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id h27so5151wxd for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:36:50 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MfX54kDoMUeiQ29nN7OWLu28T0DmjzuSfJnVrQQgSOTEv3cxuL1rOpVUwfnMmFWeLqsrYfua3Zh6Ayl7mcLPgdRSs0Rhtph3GTljN5FXB0yc4oZEo9OCeo0UCgDP+ol/P70RbiY4E139LNHFAcvH4XkC+MMD9fmVzcPywkp6NVk= Received: by 10.64.195.11 with SMTP id s11mr170233qbf; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:36:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.11.16 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:36:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:36:49 -0500 From: Joshua Slive To: users@httpd.apache.org In-Reply-To: <00ce01c5f574$47d610f0$0a01010a@leoathlon> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <00ce01c5f574$47d610f0$0a01010a@leoathlon> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Permissions problems starting tethereal from PHP in Apache X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On 11/30/05, Leo Papadopoulos wrote: > Dear httpd users, > > I am trying to start tethereal from within a PHP script running on Apache= . > I am using the PHP system("tethereal", $return_val) command to do this. > > However I get an error something like "socket: Operation not permitted". > Does anyone know what I can do? The User/Group specified in httpd.conf doesn't have the rights to run the program. You can look into tools like sudo to grant more rights, but be careful since it is easy to compromise the security of your server. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org