Re: webserver error

[Anders Alstrin <anders.alstrin@forprint.se>]

Ed L Cashin wrote:

> Anders Alstrin <anders.alstrin@forprint.se> writes:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I´m trying to execute a shell script from a php program but
> > texexec gives me an Error.
> ...
> > pdfetex -progname=context \&cont-en /nexit/kunder/P004/html/test3
> >
> > This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-14e-released-20000217-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1)
> >
> > entering extended mode
> > ! I can't write on file `test3.log'.
> > Please type another transcript file name:
>
> As it says, pdfetex can't write to its logfile.  Odds are pdfetex is
> running as whatever user the webserver is, whether that's "web" or
> "nobody" or whatever.

Ok.. The problem was an old logfile.with wrong perms that was interfering
with the new "nobody" logfile.
Stupid me..
But now everything works and i´m wery happy.

> A nice way to handle that is to carefully create a uniquely-named
> directory in a temp directory like /var/tmp.  Then you can make sure
> that all of your commands are executed in that new temporary
> directory.

Jepp..

Thanks..
Anders