On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:58 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:47 -0700, aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> aurfal...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>> I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try.
> >>>> The following code works fine in its own PHP script;
> >>>> $mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
> >>>> exec($mkdircmd);
> >>>> But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the
> >>>> ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I
> >>>> do;
> >>>> $mkdircmd = "'/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid";
> >>>> ... were I surrounded the variable with "", which causes it to not
> >>>> work.
> >>>
> >>> $mkdircmd = "/bin/mkdir /homes/$uid";
> >>> or
> >>> $mkdircmd = "/bin/mkdir /homes/${uid}";
> >>>
> >>> Should fix the syntax.
> >>>
> >>> I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /homes/
> >>> folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a
> >>> path because of permission issues).
> >>>
> >>> Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ?
> >>>
> >>> Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for
> >>> that one.
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>> http://www.designmagick.com/
> >>
> >> Thanks Chris.
> >>
> >> I appreciate the response. I was hoping my description wasn't too
> >> vague because I don't really understand what I'm doing.
> >>
> >> - aurf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > This might sound stupid because I've not played with Drupal, but
> > what's
> > wrong with using the mkdir command in PHP instead of the exec call?
> >
> >
> > Ash
> > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
> Hi Ash,
>
> I didn't know there was one.
>
> Lemme study it up, thanks for the suggestion.
>
> - aurf
>
PHP can do everything ;)
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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