[Question] adding admin user relies on exec, shell_exec

[peterboorsma]

The bin/console bolt:add-user --admin command line relies on exec and shell_exec. My guess is a lot of (shared) hosting providers have these options disabled by default.

I don't know much about PHP settings and server security , so I do not know if it is save to enable these commands but does this mean that some (a lot?) of users can't use Bolt4?

[bobdenotter]

What error are you getting exactly, if it's not there?

I'm not sure we can make that optional, as both Composer and Symfony itself rely on it as well.

[peterboorsma]

I recently updated to PHP 7.3 on my server. I think both exec and shell_exec are disabled by default, so I changed this in the php.ini after I ran into this error.
When I tried adding a new admin user, by the time a password is being generated, the following error appears in an endless loop:
[ERROR] Warning: exec() has been disabled for security reasons

It's not a problem for me personally but I think it's a good idea that this is mentioned in a "system requirements" paragraph in the docs. I know you are still working on the docs btw. ;)

[bobdenotter]

It's not a problem for me personally

As in: After you were getting that error, you enabled it, and then it was smooth sailing? :-)

[peterboorsma]

Yes. Enabled them, restarted PHP. Problem solved.

[bobdenotter]

Ok, will add to docs!

[I-Valchev]

Let's bump this to 4.1 for now