Re: exec as another user

And be careful what you put a +s on, so it can't be exploited -- Henrik Hansen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Snell" <jsnell@networkninja.com> To: "php general" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 12:44 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] exec as another user > It would be a much better idea to set the +s flag on the executable you are > trying to run, and make sure it's owned by the other user. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Henrik Hansen [mailto:hh@mailserver.dk] > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:10 PM > To: php general > Subject: Re: [PHP] exec as another user > > > > Hi, > > > > This may be a stupid question but how can I execute programs as another > > user under php? > > I'm using Linux with Apache 1.3.12 and PHP 4. > > The only way i can figure out would be by using the sudo command without a > password > (don't do that with root), do a 'man sudo' on your linux box > > -- > Henrik Hansen > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >