通过exec（）运行PhantomJS - 包含〜/ .fonts的问题

Question

I am able to run PhantomJS from both the shell and exec() fine. The server I am using looks for additional fonts in the ~/.fonts/ directory. When those additional fonts are present, from the shell only I am able to take a screenshot with PhantomJS and the expected fonts render well.

> strace ~/public_html/api/libraries/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs ~/public_html/api/libraries/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/rasterize.js http://v1.jontangerine.com/silo/typography/web-fonts/ ~/tmp/test.jpg | grep font

open("/home/user1/.fonts/TTF/verdana.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 11
open("/home/user1/.fonts/TTF/AndaleMo.TTF", O_RDONLY) = 11 open("/home/user1/.fonts/TTF/arial.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 11
open("/home/user1/.fonts/TTF/cour.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 11
open("/home/user1/.fonts/TTF/georgia.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 11
open("/home/user1/.fonts/TTF/impact.ttf", O_RDONLY) = 11
...

When I try the same command from from exec(), the user fonts directory is not searched.

<?php
exec('strace ~/public_html/api/libraries/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs ~/public_html/api/libraries/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/rasterize.js http://v1.jontangerine.com/silo/typography/web-fonts/ ~/tmp/test.jpg | grep font');

The ~/.fonts directory is not searched, but a screenshot is written to disk without the proper fonts being rendered.

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I understand exec() to run as the Apache user so user fonts won't be used. However,

> whoami

user1

and

<?php
echo exec('whoami');

user1

both show as the same user, so I suspect this is misleading because this works perfectly (fonts and all) in the shell:

php -r "exec('~/public_html/api/libraries/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs ~/public_html/api/libraries/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/rasterize.js http://v1.jontangerine.com/silo/typography/web-fonts/ ~/tmp/test.jpg');"

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I understand setuid can allow users to exec a program with the permissions of its owner (user1), but this doesn't help. This particular server is a shared server, and su and sudo are disabled so running as a different user is not permitted.

Linux user configurations isn't my area of expertise, but using exec() how to run the PhantomJS command so the user fonts are included?

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Research:

• Running PhantomJS from PHP with exec() - the problem was with $PATH
• PHP + PhantomJS Rasterize - This was a problem with HostGator
• exec() and phantomjs issue with absolute paths - One answer suggested running the command as a cron which won't work. Also modifying /etc/sudoers is not possible.

Answer 1

The problem revealed itself when printenv and exec('printenv') were run, respectively

HOME=/home/user1

and

HOME=/home/user1/tmp

This means that even though whoami and exec('whoami') both return user1, something in the shared host configuration set the home directory to /tmp, which is wise to sandbox the script.

The solution is to prepend export HOME=~; (not HOME=~;) to the exec command. i.e.

exec('export HOME=~; strace ~/public_html/api/libraries/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/bin/phantomjs ~/public_html/api/libraries/phantomjs-2.1.1-linux-x86_64/examples/rasterize.js http://v1.jontangerine.com/silo/typography/web-fonts/ ~/tmp/test.jpg | grep font');

This will cause the HOME directory to be set and the user fonts can now be searched.