apache (root) + php4

Hello *, for an half hour I was at a new customer and they run apache 1.3 as root on am IntranetServer because they need to admin there Fileserver via php. Now some problems: 1) They use exec("mcrypt ....") to generate UNIX passwords for /etc/shadow and I like to know, how I can create suitable md5 passwords for it from php. 2) I like to run apache as www-data and not as root. How I must setup php/apache that I can do root-stuff because I need to run exec("useradd -c $WA_COMMENT -d $WA_HOME_DIR \ -e $WA_EXPIRE_DATE -f $WA_INACTIVE_TIME \ -g $WA_INITIAL_GROUP -G $WA_GROUPS \ -m -k $WA_SKELETON_DIR -s $WA_SHELL \ -u $WA_UID -p $WA_PASS_MCRYPT $WA_LOGIN") Thanks and nice wekend Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)