Re: running script via root permission again!!

Forget about cron, and changing file permissions. changing httpd owner is ok, but i want to do this with least changes on the server itself. How does administration tools written in perl work?!!!!! can anyone help? suppose that you want to write a mail reader in perl, what will you do?! Ahmad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Linnell" <greg@william-russell.co.uk> To: "'Web Admin'" <webadmin@morva.net>; "Php3 Help (E-mail)" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:41 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] running script via root permission again!! > Firstly, forget about running perl/php as root, you DO NOT want to do this, > BAD, VERY VERY BAD, I think apache tells you to go away if you try running > it as root anywayz. > > How about this then for your adding/changeing of users. Use nobody to create > a TO DO list. Then using cron setup a job that reads the TO DO list as root > and then executes the appropriate commands. > > Keep in mind that you do not want somebody to schedule a delete user root > command. :-) > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Web Admin [mailto:webadmin@morva.net] > Sent: 29 August 2000 15:54 > To: greg@william-russell.co.uk > Subject: Re: [PHP] running script via root permission again!! > > > So, now, who can say how can I run my perl/php scripts > with ROOT permission?!!! that's critical, please reply! read > below, i will be so glad if anyone can help!! > regards, > Ahmad Anvari > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > Linuxconf > > > > > > This is urgent, please help ASAP!! > > Ahmad Anvari > > Website Admin. > > Morva Network > > > > > > > > >