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PHP Exec/System/Passthru/Shell_exec GPMC Scripts

I'm looking to make a small intranet-based web application that builds on the GPMC Scripts of Server 2003 (%programfiles\GPMC\Scripts\).

I have a .bat file that works absolutely fine and does what I want it to do; however, if I call the .bat file from within PHP (either system("test.bat"), exec, etc...) the expected output does not happen.

I've tried calling a basic function from within a .bat

cscript "%programfiles%\GPMC\Scripts\GetReportsForAllGPOs.wsf" C:\reports

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which works from the .bat, but not from PHP.

I've tried:
1. escaping the \s, in case that was causing problems
2. using both %programfiles% and C:\Program Files\
3. with and without cscript
4. with and without cmd /c, or /k or /d

No go. It does output the first line of the .wsf file ("Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved. ") but nothing called after that happens.

Any ideas?! Is this even possible?

Vampireofdarkness

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<?

exec("cscript \"C:\\Program Files\\GPMC\\Scripts\\GetReportsForAllGPOs.wsf\" C:\\reports",$output,$error);

var_dump($output);
var_dump($error);

?>

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produces

array(3) { [0]=> string(45) "Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6" [1]=> string(67) "Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved." [2]=> string(0) "" }

int(0)

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Using \ instead of \\ in the script path and/or output changes nothing.

If I add "cmd /k" before "cscript", in order to keep it alive after execution, the $output is now

array(5) { [0]=> string(45) "Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6" [1]=> string(67) "Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved." [2]=> string(0) "" [3]=> string(0) "" [4]=> string(15) "C:\AppServ\www>" }

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which would imply it has completed as it has returned to a blank line.

If I remove cscript and just use "cmd /k \"C:\....wsf\" ..." the script hangs. No output returned, nothing in C:\reports.

Dave Baldwin

Are you running it from the command line or thru the webserver? On the command line, it runs under your permissions. Thru the web server, it runs with minimal permissions.

Vampireofdarkness

ASKER

Command line works fine. Through apache/PHP it does not and I cannot use runas as a workaround as it doesn't accept a piped password as well as the /savecred switch not appearing to function as it perhaps should -- /savecred works for the .bat, but not when calling from PHP.

Vampireofdarkness

ASKER

Also, I haven't tested this yet as a workaround for runas not accepting piped passwords: http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=2760

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Vampireofdarkness

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/domain switch required for the .wsf file