Re: permissions with bash scripts in php?

Jason Wong wrote: > On Tuesday 13 January 2004 06:46, Jas wrote: > > [Please trim your posts!] > > >>Just tried that and I am getting the same error. I guess what I am >>really looking for is a way to have apache restart the service without >>adding the apache user in the 'sudoers' file. > > > If you really must restart system services over insecure interfaces such as a > web browser then consider using something which was 'tailor-made' for the > purpose eg Webmin. Webmin is not ideal, but since you are having to ask the > question I would assume that it would be better than anything you could come > up with at this moment in time. > > If you still want develop your own, then have a look in the archives for > possible solutions using sudo, or cronjobs. > So instead of having a function to run a bash script which would restart the dhcp service after a new dhcpd.conf file has been written (which would run under the same user as the httpd service). You are suggesting to run a cron job which would maybe run every 5 or 10 minutes to run the bash script which restarts the service? Would this be the most secure method of accomplishing such a task? Or is there a way to put a hook in the bash script which php could execute as a privledged user? Thanks for the insight, Jas