[arch-general] update today causes avantfax_hourly cron: Exec format error?

[David C. Rankin]

On 08/26/2018 03:37 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>>> Testing manually works fine:
>>>
>>>   # ./phb.php
> It's not getting that far.

I bet you would as root. The file is actually http:http owned, e.g.

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 http http 988 Sep 14  2016 /srv/http/avantfax/includes/phb.php

So running as root has no problem. Running as any other user (other than http)
now invokes the error that is the basis for this thread. That's why it is hard
to put my finger on the cause, unless the linux-firmware update tightened
security in some manner so that the cron user no longer can run as http
causing the job to fail.

If you (as root, or http) call /srv/http/avantfax/includes/phb.php, it will
silently run normally and exit with a 0 exit code. Running with any other user
cause about 100 fopen (foo/bar/...) messages to scroll by and a returned exit
code of 1.

I have run this server for years and years, no problems, until today after
updates. I changed nothing on the system other than 'pacman -Syu'. That what
has me bewildered...

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.