Re: add groups to linux with apache + php

a) $man su for more info b) because suing and passing in arbitrary commands is a hackers dreams you may have some problems with safe mode and the like -Dan On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 03:45, josemaria wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Maybe this is not the exact place for this post, as is more a problem with > permissions and linux, but I have been searching all around and I cannot > find an answer to my problem, so if somebody can lend a hand it will be > greatly appreciated. > > My problem is that i have written a script that only adds a group to linux > with function groupadd and with a name that i give in a php page. If I > execute the script from console, it works fine, as I am root user on my > machine, but when I try to execute from web page, it makes nothing, as the > user is apache. > > If I want to make su at the beginning of the script, is it possible to send > also the password so it prompts for nothing? is there a better way to do > that? > > I'm using RH9, Apache 2 and php 4.2.3. > > Thx in advance. > >