Re: RESOLVED: RE: At my wit's end - For some reason abiword.exe will not execute via command line called via PHP4.4/IIS 7/ Windows Server 2008

From: J.M. Maurer <uwog_at_uwog.net>
Date: Fri Nov 26 2010 - 15:36:54 CET

On Fri, 2010-11-26 at 06:45 -0500, El Shami, Hesham wrote:
> Success.
>
> I used sysinternals' procmon to identify what was stiking, and found out that abiword needed write access to c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile
>
> I achieved this by allowing nt authority\network service full access to this location.
>
> Here's the entry from procmon that shed light:
>
> 09:33.3 AbiWord.exe 1764 CreateFile C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile ACCESS DENIED Desired Access: Read Data/List Directory, Synchronize, Disposition: Open, Options: Directory, Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a

Hmm, weird. I don't see why we should need access that that directory.
Maybe we ship a dependency that needs it.

Thanks for figuring it out!

  Marc

>
> Regards,
>
> Hesham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-abiword-user@abisource.com [mailto:owner-abiword-user@abisource.com] On Behalf Of El Shami, Hesham
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 5:55 AM
> To: Dominic Lachowicz; Martin Sevior
> Cc: abiword-user@abisource.com; abiword-dev
> Subject: RE: At my wit's end - For some reason abiword.exe will not execute via command line called via PHP4.4/IIS 7/ Windows Server 2008
>
>
> Thank you Dominic,
>
> I tried that. Same problem.
> I've even run it without cmd (via shell run).
>
> In both cases I can see the process running via sysinternals' process explorer and can tell that it's parent process is w
>
> $command = "AbiWord.exe d:\\php44\\test.DOC --to=html --to-name=d:/testout/test.HTML";
> $WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell");
> $oExec = $WshShell->Run($command, 0,true);
> echo $oExec;
> exit;
>
> This returns : -1073741819
>
> What gets me is that the same php code runs fine on my other server (win2003).
>
> In addition on the offended server (whichi is server 2008), the application event log shows error:
>
> Log Name: Application
> Source: Application Error
> Date: 11/26/2010 5:29:53 AM
> Event ID: 1000
> Task Category: (100)
> Level: Error
> Keywords: Classic
> User: N/A
> Computer: server.domain
> Description:
> Faulting application AbiWord.exe, version 2.6.4.0, time stamp 0x487bbcbb, faulting module AbiWord.exe, version 2.6.4.0, time stamp 0x487bbcbb, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00282918, process id 0xb6c, application start time 0x01cb8d54dcba910b.
> Event Xml:
> <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
> <System>
> <Provider Name="Application Error" />
> <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
> <Level>2</Level>
> <Task>100</Task>
> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-11-26T10:29:53.000Z" />
> <EventRecordID>6959</EventRecordID>
> <Channel>Application</Channel>
> <Computer>server.domain</Computer>
> <Security />
> </System>
> <EventData>
> <Data>AbiWord.exe</Data>
> <Data>2.6.4.0</Data>
> <Data>487bbcbb</Data>
> <Data>AbiWord.exe</Data>
> <Data>2.6.4.0</Data>
> <Data>487bbcbb</Data>
> <Data>c0000005</Data>
> <Data>00282918</Data>
> <Data>b6c</Data>
> <Data>01cb8d54dcba910b</Data>
> </EventData>
> </Event>
>
> I did some snooping around and looks like access violation of some kind, I just can't figure what.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dominic Lachowicz [mailto:domlachowicz@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 10:02 PM
> To: Martin Sevior
> Cc: El Shami, Hesham; abiword-user@abisource.com; abiword-dev
> Subject: Re: At my wit's end - For some reason abiword.exe will not execute via command line called via PHP4.4/IIS 7/ Windows Server 2008
>
> If I remember correctly, AbiWord on Windows detaches itself from the calling command console. Instead of calling AbiWord directly, invoke it via 'cmd /wait abiword arguments'. Give that a shot, and let me know if it works.
>
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:47 PM, Martin Sevior <msevior@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Hersam,
> >
> > I'm forwarding your problem to the abiword development list. Sorry I'm
> > a linux guy so I have idea what is going wrong here. I know that
> > abiword is used in server mode routinely on linux systems in mission
> > critical applications. For example our website, http://abicollab.net
> > has long-running abiword processes for much of it's functionality.
> >
> > Hopefully someone on the abiword-devel list can help you with your
> > abiword on windows server problem.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 5:27 AM, El Shami, Hesham
> > <HeSham.ElShami@cibc.ca> wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> Any guidance you can provide is much appreciated. I just need another pair of eyes or brains to hint me what else I should be looking at.
> >>
> >> The problem description:
> >> I can run the command line fine if I log in myself (Administrator) onto the server and run it. So I know abiword works.
> >> The trouble comes when I try to execute the same command line through PHP.
> >>
> >> Details:
> >>
> >> I've provided fully security permissions anywhere from local admin, network services, everyone, iis_iusrs... To both the locaion where abiword resides and to the target location where the converted file is to be dumped.
> >>
> >> I've also added abiword directory into the windows path and called abiword.exe by name alone (not specifying the path).
> >>
> >> I get an error number when executed via php using the exec function. The returned value is -1073741819.
> >>
> >> I've run other command line utilities via PHP from the same location and targetting the same target locations to see if permissions are fine, and that works fine.
> >>
> >> If I run the exact same logged command myself on the server, it runs successfully.
> >>
> >> I've made a makeshit log , and here's what I have: (a return value of 0 is desirable).
> >>
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:13 - command:AbiWord.exe
> >> d:\\php44\\TEMP\0a040e82-41cd-aa34.DOC --verbose=0 --to=html
> >> --to-name=D:/TSC/files/KB044757/44757.HTML
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed:-1073741819
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed:
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command:set
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed retval:0
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed
> >> arrayjoin:ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
> >> APPDATA=C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming
> >> APP_POOL_ID=DefaultAppPool CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common
> >> Files COMPUTERNAME=server-AB-1234 ComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
> >> FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
> >> LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local
> >> NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 OS=Windows_NT
> >> Path=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;d:\php44
> >> ;d:\abiword;d:\abiword\abiword;d:\abiword\abiword\bin
> >> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
> >> PHPRC=D:\PHP44 PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86
> >> Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 8, GenuineIntel PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
> >> PROCESSOR_REVISION=0f08 ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
> >> ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files PROMPT=$P$G PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
> >> SystemDrive=C: SystemRoot=C:\Windows TEMP=C:\Windows\TEMP
> >> TMP=C:\Windows\TEMP USERDOMAIN=ADP1 USERNAME=server-AB-1234$
> >> USERPROFILE=C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile
> >> windir=C:\Windows
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command:nbtscan.exe -V >
> >> d:\tsc\files\nbtscan_version.txt
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed retval:0
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command executed arrayjoin:
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:17 - command:AbiWord.exe d:\php44\test.DOC
> >> --verbose=2 --to=html --to-name=44752.HTML
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:21 - command executed retval:-1073741819
> >> 2010-11-24 11:48:21 - command executed arrayjoin:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Hesham El Shami
> >> Operations Specialist - Technology Support Centre CIBC - End User
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