RE: [PHP] running commands as root from a script

Good day, A bit off topic, but you can run a Perl script setuid. You have to pass a flag to Perl to let it know that it's OK, though (it's -U, I believe) which would appear in your first "she-bang" line. I've never had to run a PHP script setuid. I would imagine that one would have to write it CGI-like instead of via the server module. ============================ Darren Gamble Planner, Regional Services Shaw Cablesystems GP 630 - 3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4L4 (403) 781-4948 -----Original Message----- From: Ken Nagorski [mailto:kenn@pcintelligent.com] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:37 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] running commands as root from a script Hi there, I have a little problem. I need to run a few commands for Courier from a script. What I have is a php based application that makes it easy to create and manage virtual domains and the addresses for them from the web. However when You "Apply the changes" everything is written to /tmp dir and the a little perl script parses the file and moves things where they need to go and then runs couriers makealiases command. Now you can't run a perl script SUID so I wrote a C program that just calls system() and runs the script and it is SUID. This doens't work however. No matter what I do. It is like Courier ignores this. I can't imagine there isn't anyone who has not run into the problem of automating things via PHP and not had to run a system command as root at some point in time. I am wondering what the different approaches to this problem are. Thanks Ken -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php