system() function on Windows

[dila125]

Trying to use the system() function in my php code on a windows server 2003 system.

Simple commands like:

system('dir');

work fine, but

system('net stop spooler');

doesn't work.

I guess this is a problem with windows user rights, but is there anything I can change in my script to make it work without having to start changing the windows user rights as I don't want to affect the security of windows?

[dalecosp]

dila125 wrote:

the security of windows?

😕 An oxymoron, methinks... 😃

More seriously, why not run the scripts with the appropriate user rights? Are you doing this for the public Internet, or something with a little more inherent security?

[dila125]

The script is for use on our intranet which can only be accessed internally.

In IIS, I tried setting the anonymous access username for the script to a username that has rights to the run the script, but this didn't work either. Is there something else I need to change?