Re: Unix users

Where do I find sudo information? Is it a unix command or something else? > "Robert J. Cissell" wrote: > > > > Is there a way using PHP that I can create unix user accounts on my system??? If so, where do I look for info on it? Thanks > > Of course: use sudo to give your apache process rights to run useradd > (or a setuid useradd executable only by your apache process). But this > is not very secure. > > A better way might be to have your php script create a file of requested > accounts and have a cron script batch process them, so your script > (which cannot be accessed by the web server) can do some careful > scrutinizing of the account requests before granting one. > > Ciao, > > Andreas > > -- > 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 > >