Title: shell_exec() error
Last modified: April 10, 2019

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# shell_exec() error

 *  Resolved [hatschiii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hatschiii/)
 * (@hatschiii)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shell_exec-error/)
 * Plugin tells me: enable shell_exec() function and give it executable permission.
   
   The function is enabled and executalbe, double checked this with the support 
   of my webhoster. I’m running WordPress on a Linux System with PHP 7.3
 * The Appache error.log gives me the following error hundreds times:
 * cat: /proc/cpuinfo: No such file or directory
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by [hatschiii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hatschiii/).

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 *  Plugin Author [iSaumya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaumya/)
 * (@isaumya)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shell_exec-error/#post-11411937)
 * Hi,
    just having `shell_exec()` enabled is not going to solve this issue. The
   reason behind you are seeing those errors because even though the `shell_exec()`
   is enabled, your host doesn’t give it permission to get the data from system 
   files like `/proc/cpuinfo`. Hope this helps.

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