How to accesss installed program from PHP script

I installed s3cmd and can run it from command line but from PHP script using shell_exec() it does not run and no error is returned. I suspect that the reason is that the PHP user is 'apache' and not the root user.

My qustion is : how can I install s3cmd (I used Yum Install) on Centos5 so that the PHP script will be able to run it?

Thanks,
Niro

 

Have you tried giving shell_exec() the full path to the binary?

 

Yes I have, Its not the path.

 

What are the permissions on the binary?

 

you can also use passthru, exec and system to run commands, these are better options as they provide u with feedback on the success or failure of the command.

 

permission is 755 .The owner was 0 but I tried also after changing the owner to 48 (apache user id)

 

Do you use PHP Safe Mode? Is SELinux disabled?

 

I see in my phpinfo SELINUX_INIT =YES

PHP safe mode is off.

Please help.
- Nir

 

I used passthru and system and the feedback It gives is '1' (using the extra parameter that returns the output).

Please help
- Nir

 

What happens when you turn off SELinux?