Ryan([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:59:44AM -0500:
> I would like to create some web pages/scripts (probably using PHP since I
> use it for a lot of other things) to assist me in administering my linux
> machine. What are some ways that I can execute certain administrative
> commands (such as ifconfig,iwconfig,route,scripts in my /etc/init.d/
> directory, etc...) as root?
> I'm fairly familiar with the different access-control methods available to
> me to restrict access to these pages. I will definitely be using SSL with
> a self-signed certificate. I'm just not sure how to get my web server
> (which doesn't run as root and I want to keep it that way) to execute
> these commands with superuser privileges.
> Thanks
Set up sudo to allow the web server user ("apache", maybe) to run
those commands as root without a password.
--
Bill Weiss
