check directory rights.
If need be, passwd the user and give it a shell.
then try on the console as the webserver user
to tail the file.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liam MacKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tom Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Tailing a log file {!?}
> That doesn't work either!
> Something's going on here...
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Liam MacKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 6:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Tailing a log file {!?}
>
>
> Hi
> The following works for me, give it a try with the correct path.
>
> <?
> exec("tail -n 50 /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log",$result);
> echo count($result)." results returned. <br>";
> if(count($result) > 0){
> foreach($result as $line){
> echo $line."<br>";
> }
> }
> ?>
>
> Tom
>
>
> At 06:25 PM 4/05/2002, Liam MacKenzie wrote:
> >$cmd = exec("tail -n $len /www/hosting/domains/lanolot/logs/$open",
> >$result);
> >
> >echo "$cmd";
> >
> >Still returns nothing under the top text.
> >
> >All log files are chmodded 644 and are owned by the web server.
> >The paths to the files are correct.
> >
> >I've run out of ideas =(
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jason Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 6:22 PM
> >Subject: Re: [PHP] Tailing a log file {!?}
> >
> >
> >On Saturday 04 May 2002 16:09, Liam MacKenzie wrote:
> > > Sorry, I should have included this in the first email...
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> > > When I call the page, I get the expected at the top:
> > > Excecuting: tail -n 150 /www/hosting/domains/lanolot/logs/error.log
> > > Displaying the last 150 lines of error.log...
> > >
> > > But there's nothing underneath it.
> >
> >1) Check that you have permissions to access the file
> >2) Add a 'return_var' to your exec() call. And check what this contains.
> >
> >--
> >Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk
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