RE: [PHP] Executing UNIX commands with PHP

mh this is bad... can i do anything else instead of this ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Taubert | timtaubert@web.de | http://www.shogunat.com/rg/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- .o] -----Original Message----- .o] From: Arcady Genkin [mailto:a.genkin@utoronto.ca] .o] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 10:42 PM .o] To: timtaubert@web.de .o] Cc: PHP Mailingliste .o] Subject: Re: [PHP] Executing UNIX commands with PHP .o] .o] .o] "Tim Taubert" <timtaubert@web.de> writes: .o] .o] > how can i execute a UNIX command like .o] > 'newuser "Tim Taubert" tim password' .o] > ? and am i able to fetch the results of such commands? .o] .o] Since someone else replied to your question, I'll just mention that .o] running such command may be a really bad idea. If someone runs `ps' .o] at the same time, he'll be able to see the password for user `tim' in .o] clear text. .o] -- .o] Arcady Genkin .o] i=1; while 1, hilb(i); i=i+1; end