如何在服务器中从php执行源命令

Question

I am unable to execute a source command in linux using php.All other commands are working except this one. I need to execute the following command.

 source /root/Envs/ate/bin/activate

This activates the ate-Automatic Test Equipment.Once I activate it then I need to run a python script as the script accesses the remote server. I am able to manually run it but I am creating a tool which will automatically do it.

  <?php
  exec("source /root/Envs/ate/bin/activate", $output, $return);
  echo "Command returned $return, and output:
";
  echo exec("python box_upgrade-pradeepa.py");
  ?>

The above commands returns 1 which means there is an error.But I am not sure how to run the 'source command'. The python script will run only if the source command is successful.(the python command is correct as I replaced hello.py and it ran fine.) Could you pls help me as I am really stuck for a week? Thanks a lot..

Answer 1

I found out the error. Since I am doing it using php (for a web tool) the user is Apache. 'Apache' user is unable to access the script in root folder. Moving it to another directory, I am able to run the script fine.

Thanks all..