Re: How to add user to linux using php

you have to understand that the adduser is a previledge command and a root only command (unless you allowed other users) and normally php will and should be running in a restricted access. normally it is running as user apache/user/nobody (depends on your settings) now there are two ways you can allow adduser(or any priviledge command for that matter). 1. give user apache the addusser priviledge (which is very unsecure), then execute shell_exe as root would. 2. create a root process like a cron job which will start at boot of your server, then on your shell_exe pass your command to that process and have that root process execute that command (bit more secure). hth, john On 9/5/06, Jon Anderson <jon@gamingsolutions.ca> wrote:

eqla3.com eqla3.com wrote: is there any way to add user and apply password by executing shell command through php? Depending on the distribution, you should have a user addition command that takes a password argument. In my case, useradd <other args> -p '<password>' <user>. Check the manual page for adduser , useradd or your distribution's variant. Worst case, you can even make a wrapper around the command with shell script that'll do the multiline echo for you. jon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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