what does the error " bad interpreter" mean?

[lawrence k]

I've never before written a PHP script to run on my home Ubuntu
machine (though I've written dozens of PHP cron jobs for my web
server), so I thought I'd start off with a very simple test:

#!/usr/share/php5
<?php
echo "hello";
?>
In a terminal window, I try to execute this, and I get a "bad
interperter" error:

lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/share/
php5: bad interpreter: Permission denied
What does that mean?

The php5 interpreter in /usr/share/ has permissions set to 755. Any
script on the machine should be able to execute.

[Luuk]

lawrence k schreef:

I've never before written a PHP script to run on my home Ubuntu
machine (though I've written dozens of PHP cron jobs for my web
server), so I thought I'd start off with a very simple test:

#!/usr/share/php5
<?php
echo "hello";
?>
In a terminal window, I try to execute this, and I get a "bad
interperter" error:

lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/share/
php5: bad interpreter: Permission denied
What does that mean?

The php5 interpreter in /usr/share/ has permissions set to 755. Any
script on the machine should be able to execute.

it means you got the wrong interpreter
try:
$ whereis php
php: /usr/bin/php

then replace '/usr/share/php5' with '/usr/bin/php'
--
Luuk

[lawrence k]

On Feb 9, 3:26 pm, Luuk <L...@invalid.l anwrote:

lawrence k schreef:

I've never before written a PHP script to run on my home Ubuntu
machine (though I've written dozens of PHP cron jobs for my web
server), so I thought I'd start off with a very simple test:

#!/usr/share/php5
<?php
echo "hello";
?>

In a terminal window, I try to execute this, and I get a "bad
interperter" error:

lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/share/
php5: bad interpreter: Permission denied

What does that mean?

The php5 interpreter in /usr/share/ has permissions set to 755. Any
script on the machine should be able to execute.

it means you got the wrong interpreter
try:
$ whereis php
php: /usr/bin/php

then replace '/usr/share/php5' with '/usr/bin/php'

What I get:

lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/usr/share$ whereis php
php:
lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/usr/share$

[lawrence k]

On Feb 9, 3:26 pm, Luuk <L...@invalid.l anwrote:

lawrence k schreef:

I've never before written a PHP script to run on my home Ubuntu
machine (though I've written dozens of PHP cron jobs for my web
server), so I thought I'd start off with a very simple test:

#!/usr/share/php5
<?php
echo "hello";
?>

In a terminal window, I try to execute this, and I get a "bad
interperter" error:

lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/share/
php5: bad interpreter: Permission denied

What does that mean?

The php5 interpreter in /usr/share/ has permissions set to 755. Any
script on the machine should be able to execute.

it means you got the wrong interpreter
try:
$ whereis php
php: /usr/bin/php

then replace '/usr/share/php5' with '/usr/bin/php'

The Synaptic Package Manager also tells me that php5 is in /usr/share/

Mind you, my machine didn't have PHP installed till today. I just used
the Synaptic Package Manager to install it.

[Dikkie Dik]

The Synaptic Package Manager also tells me that php5 is in /usr/share/

Strange. My Xubuntu machine just has it on /usr/bin/php. Did you try to
set the first line to
#!/usr/bin/php
?

Good luck!

[lawrence k]

On Feb 9, 6:23 pm, Dikkie Dik <dik...@nospam. orgwrote:

The Synaptic Package Manager also tells me that php5 is in /usr/share/

Strange. My Xubuntu machine just has it on /usr/bin/php. Did you try to
set the first line to
#!/usr/bin/php

Doesn't seem possible that would work if both whereis and the Synaptic
Package Manager are suggesting a different address, but just for the
hell of it, I gave it a try. No dice:
lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/usr/share$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/bin/
php: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

[lawrence k]

On Feb 9, 3:05 pm, lawrence k <lkrub...@geoci ties.comwrote:

I've never before written a PHP script to run on my home Ubuntu
machine (though I've written dozens of PHP cron jobs for my web
server), so I thought I'd start off with a very simple test:

#!/usr/share/php5
<?php
echo "hello";
?>

In a terminal window, I try to execute this, and I get a "bad
interperter" error:

lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/share/
php5: bad interpreter: Permission denied

What does that mean?

The php5 interpreter in /usr/share/ has permissions set to 755. Any
script on the machine should be able to execute.

Is there just one interpreter? Do shell scripts use the same
interpreter as what runs through an Apace server?

[Jerry Stuckle]

lawrence k wrote:

On Feb 9, 3:05 pm, lawrence k <lkrub...@geoci ties.comwrote:

>I've never before written a PHP script to run on my home Ubuntu
machine (though I've written dozens of PHP cron jobs for my web
server), so I thought I'd start off with a very simple test:

#!/usr/share/php5
<?php
echo "hello";
?>

In a terminal window, I try to execute this, and I get a "bad
interperter" error:

lkrubner@progr ammerpc3:/$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpa ceBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/share/
php5: bad interpreter: Permission denied

What does that mean?

The php5 interpreter in /usr/share/ has permissions set to 755. Any
script on the machine should be able to execute.

Is there just one interpreter? Do shell scripts use the same
interpreter as what runs through an Apace server?

No. Shell scripts are not PHP, and do not use the PHP interpreter.

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[Tim Roberts]

lawrence k <lk******@geoci ties.comwrote:

>
I've never before written a PHP script to run on my home Ubuntu
machine (though I've written dozens of PHP cron jobs for my web
server), so I thought I'd start off with a very simple test:

#!/usr/share/php5
<?php
echo "hello";
?>

In a terminal window, I try to execute this, and I get a "bad
interperter" error:

lkrubner@progr ammerpc3:/$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpa ceBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/share/
php5: bad interpreter: Permission denied

What does that mean?

The php5 interpreter in /usr/share/ has permissions set to 755. Any
script on the machine should be able to execute.

Are you sure php5 is the executable for the interpreter, and not the
directory that contains the interpreter? What does this tell you?

ls -l /usr/share/php5
--
Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[lawrence k]

On Feb 9, 9:53 pm, Tim Roberts <[e-mail] wrote:

lawrence k <lkrub...@geoci ties.comwrote:

I've never before written a PHP script to run on my home Ubuntu
machine (though I've written dozens of PHP cron jobs for my web
server), so I thought I'd start off with a very simple test:

#!/usr/share/php5
<?php
echo "hello";
?>

In a terminal window, I try to execute this, and I get a "bad
interperter" error:

lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/$ /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/
dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php

bash: /home/lkrubner/cron_jobs/dailyBackupSpac eBunny.php: /usr/share/
php5: bad interpreter: Permission denied

What does that mean?

The php5 interpreter in /usr/share/ has permissions set to 755. Any
script on the machine should be able to execute.

Are you sure php5 is the executable for the interpreter, and not the
directory that contains the interpreter? What does this tell you?

ls -l /usr/share/php5

Nice catch. I feel like an idiot:

lkrubner@progra mmerpc3:/usr/share/php5$ ls -al
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-02-09 14:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 308 root root 8192 2008-02-09 14:24 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40467 2007-11-28 17:33 php.ini-dist
But what the hell is php.ini-dist?