PHP + winexe -> loads forever

Question

I'm trying to list running services on a windows server via php. Therefore I'm using shell_exec with winexe.

My script:

$cmd = "winexe --interactive=0 --user='***' --password='***' //192.168.***.** \"net start\"";
$output = shell_exec($cmd); 
echo $output;

Unfortunately on execution the page loads forever with no result. The command works on the command-line (Debian).

Anyone an idea?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Save $cmd with correct format into a new bash file. Set cmd value for call this file. Remember set execution perms to this file. Check if your apache user has perms for exec winexe

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Try to launch

    cat </dev/null | winexe --interactive=0 --ostype=1 --user=...