sockobj.connect Errno 13 Permission denied

[Albert Hopkins]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013, at 08:52 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Joel Goldstick
> <joel.goldstick at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> >
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> > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 6:19 AM, nobody <jupiter.hce at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a client program Client.py which has a statement of
> >> sockobj.connect(), the port number 60000 is used, so no problem from port
> >> permission.
> >>
> >> I am puzzled because I can run Client.py from command line in my user
> >> account or apache user account without any problems.
> >>
> >> But if I run it from a web page http://localhost/client.php, the
> >> client.php called exec("Client.py"),
> >
> >
> >
> > Check the arguments to exec.  I think it has to be an open file object.
> >
> >
> >
> >> then it got an exception of sockobj.connect Errno 13 Permission denied.
> >>
> >> Why it can run from command line, but cannot make connection from a web
> >> file? Appreciate any tips and clues.
> >>
> >> Thank you.
> >>
> >> Kind regards.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> Maybe I spoke too soon.  You should probably be asking in a php forum
> since
> what you are doing is running a php exec.  If you are actually getting a
> python error you should show the code and the traceback so that someone
> can
> look at your code.
> 
> In either case (py and php) it looks like exec needs either a string of
> executable text or (in py case) an open file handle.  So the code you
> describe isn't really what you are running
> 

Also your php/apache config needs to be set up to enable execs (I think
it's off by the default).

Either way it's a PHP question, not a Python question.