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Permission denied for script called by php exec()

Asked by alexecho in Apache Web Server, CGI Scripting, Shell Scripting

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I have a PHP script (test.php) which is calling a shell script using exec().

The PHP script executes fine, rendering HTML output.  The shell script returns "Permission denied".  The shell script is chmod'd 777 (just to be sure for testing).  It works perfectly from the 'webupload' user command line.  The webserver is running as 'webupload' user.

The shell script lies outside the DocumentRoot.  Do I need to setup a <Directory> tag in the httpd.conf for the directory containing the shell script?  If so, here's what I've got so far:
In order: lock down /, free up /var/www, free up /web/tools (where the script lives)

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/vhosted">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/web/tools">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
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1 php exec command does not work
2 php exec
3 php java exec
4 PHP Exec() Command not functioning
5 httpd.conf
6 shell_exec doesn't work
 
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Zones: Apache Web Server, CGI Scripting, Shell Scripting
Tags: exec, php, permission, denied
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