Re: How do I get root privileges in a script
| From: | Teodor Cimpoesu | Date: | Sat, 25 Nov 2000 13:45:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: How do I get root privileges in a script | ||
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Hi Juan!
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Juan Germano wrote:
> Hi. At boot I mount a FAT32 partition from linux. The files get 'root'
> as owner and 'root' as group. The Apache runs as 'nobody', also php, so,
> I don't have write permisions. The permisions in the fat32 partition can
> not be change, so, what should I do?
On the $subj, if you figure out, let us also know a.s.a.p. so we can write
an advisory and post it on bugtraq :)
On your question, why does it need to be root if you only read from it?
if you need if mounted as owned by a different user than root then use
uid=,gid= options (IIRC) when mounting.
-- teodor