On Friday 16 August 2002 01:54 am, Brad wrote: > Hi, I've written some IPchains into my perl script using perl-IPchains but > the script has to be executed by root or ipchains refuses. > > Does anyone know how I can allow user "apache" to use ipchains, or how I > can elevate my privileges within perl.
Make the script suid root... (e.g. chown root:apache script.pl ; chmod 4750 script.pl ) Be careful. This is very dangerous. If somebody breaks apache they can alter your firewall. -Mad -- Madness is soil in which creativity grows - Chris Bielek
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