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Bug #29001 "unable to fork"
Submitted: 2004-07-03 18:47 UTC Modified: 2004-07-12 09:39 UTC
Votes:3
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 1.4
Reproduced:2 of 3 (66.7%)
Same Version:1 (50.0%)
Same OS:1 (50.0%)
From: hartz at e-consult-ag dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: IIS related
PHP Version: 4.3.7 OS: Windows XP
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-07-03 18:47 UTC] hartz at e-consult-ag dot de 
Description:
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If i exec the follow code 

$lbRet = exec("\\bin\\zip.exe /zipfolder",$laOutput,$liRet);
over a webinterface (Windows XP, IIS 5.0, PHP-ISAPI-Module)
i get an error like "unable to fork ...".

After reading the php-documentation and bug-database i tried to exec the following code with the same result:
$lbReturn = exec("cmd /c ..\\bin\\zip.exe tmp/zipfolder",$laOutput,$liReturn);

The IUSR_ has the correct rights for executing and reading the both files (cmd and zip).

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 [2004-07-06 01:54 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Does this happen with some other webserver, like Apache?
(or if you run PHP as CGI binary)
 [2004-07-06 10:15 UTC] hartz at e-consult-ag dot de 
No,
it happens only under iis 5.0. Under apache and windows 2000 it runs without any problems.
 [2004-07-06 10:17 UTC] hartz at e-consult-ag dot de 
I tried it by running PHP as CGI binary with the same result
 [2004-07-09 15:32 UTC] egarcia at egm dot as 
This is not a problem in the PHP.
The problem is related to the execution permissions over the CMD to the IUSR_machine and the ZIP exe file.

I do fork to GPG.exe in ISAPI/CGI modes. Using popen and proc_open.

According to the mode ISAPI/CGI the IWAM_/IUSR_ user must have read & execute permissions over the CMD and the EXE file that you try to call.

This sentence put the needed permissions:

cacls cmd.exe /E /G MACHINE\IUSR_MACHINE:R

Regards,
 [2004-07-11 20:21 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Not PHP bug (see above comment)
 [2004-07-12 09:39 UTC] hartz at e-consult-ag dot de 
This sentence is from an older thread here in this bug-database. I've read this thread and executed this command for the cmd.exe and the zip.exe file bevore i wrote this bugreport. 
Regards,
Stephan
 
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