Re: running script via root permission again!!

Marko, this is becuase you have changed the permission of your messages file, the standard one [and mine is the same]: [root@yashm conf]# ls -l /var/log/messages -r-x------ 1 root root 110408 Aug 29 20:28 /var/log/messages i want to read this file, what should i do? Thanks for your attention, Ahmad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marko Vukovic'" <vukko@cequrux.com> To: "Web Admin" <webadmin@morva.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] running script via root permission again!! > 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 > > Hi Ahmad, > > This works for me: > > <? > > echo "<hmtl>\n<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<pre>\n"; > echo tail /var/log/messages; > > ?> > > here's the perms: > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 74442 Aug 29 17:31 /var/log/messages > > my httpd appears to be running as 'nobody' > > -- > Marko. >