Re: Execute permission question

On Oct 28, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Daniel Brown wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:01, Tedd Sperling <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> But does having execute permissions set on a script affect the scripts ability to run shell >> commands? > > Negative. It won't inherit permissions, though one might expect > that to make sense. > >> For example, if I have a script that contains a shell command, can I prohibit that script >> from executing the command by setting it's execute permission to not execute? > > No, the best you could do is disable all shell access, or limit > the commands that can be run via the shell, but the latter option is > getting beyond the scope of a PHP question. > >> Certainly, as is my normal custom, I could try it and find out for myself -- but I have >> always been reluctant to use shell commands. Besides, never having used them, I don't see their >> advantage yet. Currently, they seem strange and dangerous to me. > > If you're doing it on php1.net, you're safe. The only damage that > can happen on that server is to your own account. That's > unfortunately not true of all hosting providers, but you're good > there. ;-P > > -- > </Daniel P. Brown> Mucho thanks for the clarification, information, and authorization. I'll keep that in mind re php1.net and try not to be a teddzilla when I investigate shell commands. :-) Cheers, tedd PS: I have not trimmed the post because I think it is important to repeat this. ____________________ tedd@sperling.com http://sperling.com