I have the same problem but i cannot get it fixed i did replace: my ( $name, $value ) = $str =~ /^\s*([^=\s]+)\s*=\s*([^=\s]+)\s*$/; with #my ( $name, $value ) = $str =~ /^(.*)=(.*)$/; The scripts goes without any error but zm.php still reports Zoneminder not started. and if i try to start it with ...