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Bug #21061 unable to fork using system(),exec(),etc
Submitted: 2002-12-17 02:26 UTC Modified: 2002-12-26 20:22 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: anonymous at anonymous dot org Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: IIS related
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: WinXP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-12-17 02:26 UTC] anonymous at anonymous dot org
I know many ppl have addressed this issue all over the net and a lot of people say it is fixed in the latest version, however I still cannot get anything to fork.

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 [2002-12-17 02:41 UTC] derick@php.net
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:
 
  http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip
 [2002-12-17 22:27 UTC] anonymous at anonymous dot org
I installed the latest build and it still doesnt work with any of the test cases.

Warning: system() [function.system]: Unable to fork [...
 [2002-12-18 00:35 UTC] anonymous at anonymous dot org
I installed the latest build and it still doesnt work with any of the
test cases.

Warning: system() [function.system]: Unable to fork [...
 [2002-12-26 20:22 UTC] edink@php.net
First of all instll 4.3.0(RC4). Second of all make sure your cmd.exe is executable by the webserver.
 
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