Re: rebooting linux using php

On Friday 19 July 2002 04:26, Scott Fletcher wrote: > If you're going to use the cron file (or crontab) then php wouldn't work > because it is a programming languages for the web pages. For cron files or > crontab, you can use the bash shell or ksh or whatever you have. It's > simple. All you had to do is to create a file on hte Unix/Linux machine > and do the following ... John's reply was meant to show that it is a very bad idea to allow someone reboot the server from a webpage (without the proper safeguards). If he had URL he could setup a cron job which would reboot the OP's computer every minute and that _wouldn't_ be fun. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* The Public is merely a multiplied "me." -- Mark Twain */