[leaf-devel] Allowing Weblet to change a root file

[Kelly Brown]

Hi guys,

I'll admit right up front that I'm not very knowledgeable in regards to Linux, so I hope I don't come off sounding TOO foolish. I do a lot of web development, so I do know my way around a unix/linux environment somewhat. I'm more used to working in a cgi environent with perl or php, so this stuff is a tiny bit different for me.

Anyhow, what I want to do basically is use weblet to run the following line:

echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_masq_udp_dloose

and alternately:

echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_masq_udp_dloose

I essentially want to allow someone on the local network to be able to toggle loose UDP routing on and off at will through a web interface.


I made a tiny little script to do this, but it doesn't work. It runs, but the ip_masq_udp_dloose file never changes and I'm GUESSING it's because weblet isn't allowed to touch it because it's owned by root. It works fine if I run the script through the command prompt (logged in as root), just not through the web interface.

How could I get around this? I tried using both chmod and chown on ip_masq_udp_dloose to allow weblet access, but nothing happens. The commands act as if they worked, but the permissions don't change. It seems a bit odd to me.

Any help would be really appreciated!

-Kelly




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