ImageMagick

[NSH]

This is probably somethign simple but it's driving me nuts.

I am running Debian 3.1 and have installed the ImageMagick package via apt-get just to test a few things. No matter what I do I can't get a php script to find the convert app. It drops to exec to run convert and it can't seem to find it.

The path is /usr/bin and convert exists there. I have tried making a simlink to the /usr/bin directory from /var/www/...... directory where my website sits.
I have full control over the box and I have tried changing owner of the app, etc.

I have scoured the net but can't find anything that seems to point me in the right direction.

Any help is appreciated.

[Cabhan]

The webserver user maybe doesn't have the $PATH configured. Try using the full path to convert: /usr/bin/convert, instead of just 'convert'.

[NSH]

I am actually attempting to use an app. The app does in fact use the full path and it still can't seem to find the file

[Cabhan]

What is the exact error message you get? Also, what user/group does the script run under? What is the output of the command 'ls -l /usr/bin/convert'?

[NSH]

# ls -l /usr/bin/convert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4644 2006-01-28 15:39 /usr/bin/convert

The php app is calling convert and reports that it does not find it.
I did a quick check with a

echo exec("/usr/bin/convert");

This outputs: " '-' for standard input or output " which is actually the last line of text if you run convert with no switches from a prompt. This tells me that the webserver can get to the convert binary. I am not sure why the other app can't.


Thanks for the help in this. If you have other suggestions I am all ears.