Re: running script via root permission again!!

i have already done that, httpd server doesn't allow any user with root privileges run the server!!! even if it belongs to another group. in addition, i dont want to change /var/log/messages owner. how about making new users home directories then?!! the main question is running script with root privilege!! Ahmad ----- Original Message ----- From: <cmoewes@moewes.com> To: "Web Admin" <webadmin@morva.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] running script via root permission again!! > One thing you could do is create a "special" group. chown root.special > /var/log/messages, chmod 770 /var/log/messages and then add nobody to > "special" . This should work eevn though I haven't tested it. You will > probably need to restart the server. > > > On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 06:23:42PM +0430, Web Admin wrote: > > hey gurus, > > i finally couldn't find a suitable way for running my php scripts > > to read and show /var/log/messages in the browser. does > > anyone know how to do that? > > - i changed the file mode to 4755 and chown root.root (X) didnt work > > - tried to change the httpd process owner from nobody to root, > > it can't be changed unless it recompiled and unsecure (X) > > - i dont want to chmod 777 /var/log/messages > > > > can anyone help please?!! you think using sudo is a good solution? > > if yes, could anyone please describe if i have to run httpd using sudo > > or give tail access of /var/log/messages to nobody? > > > > --------------------- > > 2nd question, i'm writing admin tools for a company to add users and > > change user passwords, etc.. i decided not to write in php3 and write > > in perl. how can I run perl scripts with root privileges? does chmod > > work? i tried 4755 but it can't still print tail > > /var/log/messages which > > is owned by root. > > > > This is urgent, please help ASAP!! > > Ahmad Anvari > > Website Admin. > > Morva Network > > -- > > Christopher R. Moewes-Bystrom > cmoewes@moewes.com > http://www.moewes.com > http://www.linuxnovice.org >