Hi guys,
I have a perl script that connects to cisco routers using the net::appliance::session module.

It takes 3 arguments ( host , dbid, username )

It then connects to the host
Reads the config from the DB based on the ID
Adds the config to the router.

This works FINE! if i call it from the cli however if i call it from php it just fails to connect to the device.

I assume this is some kind of permission issue or something else odd going on.

Ive tried calling it like:
$output = `perl /var/www/cgi-bin/config/apply.pl $host $idref lynxus`;


echo exec("cd /var/www/cgi-bin/config/; ./apply.pl $host $idref lynxus");


BOTH work and call it ( i start to get output ) but the connect part of the perl script fails.

Any thoughs what could be wrong?

Scr: /var/www/html/configure # ll /var/www/cgi-bin/config/apply.pl
-rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 1948 Oct 26 07:54 /var/www/cgi-bin/config/apply.pl

My first guess would be that the user the web server is running as does not have the appropriate permissions.

Originally Posted by NullPointer

My first guess would be that the user the web server is running as does not have the appropriate permissions.

Yeah i thought that same, All appeared as ok.

I have however JUST figured it out..
Phew.

Turns out that the apache user didnt have write access to its ssh directory.
when it connected to a device, It needed to save the hostkey.
It couldnt do this.

Now its all sorted

Its silly things like this that add stupid delays to projects.
Things that would take a few days to get working propely and securely can end up taking a week.
Grrr


Thanks
G