RE: [webmin-devel] &backquote_logged

[Larry G. <Li...@IS...>]

Thanks Jamie,  I did try that too and there were no errors to report.  I
feel like you were probably on the right track suggesting the inclusion of a
full path . . .  Is it possible that the squidGuard binary requires an
environment variable that the miniserve configuration is not providing?  I
can only think, at this point, that the difference between a terminal
session and Webmin/miniserv is environment related.  Where do I find the
environment settings for miniserv?  Also, is it possible that if I need an
environment variable set that I can localize it just for this subroutine?

Thanks Jamie!

--Larry


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie Cameron
>
> You should display the return value from backquote_logged, 
> which is the output from the program - it may contain some error
> message explaining what went wrong. Also, check the exit status in
> the $? variable, which if non-zero indicates failure.
> 
>  - Jamie
> 
> Larry Gilson <Li...@IS...> wrote ..
> > Jamie,
> > 
> > Thanks for the reply!
> > 
> > > This may be a path problem - make sure that whatever is in 
> > > $bin is a full path like '/usr/local/bin/foo' instead of 
> > > just 'foo', which may not be in webmin's program search path.
> > > 
> > >  - Jamie
> > 
> > 
> > &backquote_logged("$bin -C $_[0] 2>&1 </dev/null");
> > 
> > Both $bin and $_[0] are absolute paths.  I can cat the file that
> > the above command was echoed into, copy and paste at the command
> > line, execute, and obtain a successful db file.  The result is:
> > 
> > /usr/bin/squidGuard -C /var/lib/squidguard/blacklists/ads/domains
> > /usr/bin/squidGuard -C /var/lib/squidguard/blacklists/ads/urls
> > 
> > Just for kicks, I modified the &get_binary_path() so the binary is
> > found rather than the symlink.  Still nothing.  Permissions seem
> > to be correct, execute is allowed.  I just don't get it.  It
> > should work.  Any other suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Larry