> I tried to execute the following command from the web interface using a
> system call
> /usr/bin/play a_wave_file.wav
>
> I tried exec, system, passthru, and shell_exec. None of them worked, that is
> I didn't hear any sound played. Note that I'm sitting here on the server
> itself, and tried it with a web browser in the server. The command is
> executed fine when I just copy it and run it in terminal. I also made sure
> that nothing blocked the sound card, that is, the sound card was not in use.
Does it work from the shell if you su to the web server user id and try to
run it? 99% of shell exec issues are permission-related.
-Rasmus
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