I sent this message once before, but my mail server was having problems and
don't know if the message hit the list or not. If this is a second or
re-post my apolgises.
On a cgi project I am working on, I need to run a shell script as root. I
know this is dangerous, but it has to been done.
The c program looks like this:
#include <unistd.h>
void main()
{
execl("/bin/sh","perm","/home/phone/perm",NULL);
}
with premissions:
-rwsr-x--- 1 root nobody 11350 Jul 31 14:36 perms*
and the shell script looks like this:
#!/bin/sh
chown -R user1 /home/bud/web/
chgrp -R user1 /home/bud/web
chmod 700 /home/bud/web
with permissions:
-r-x------ 1 root root 1659 Jul 31 14:29 perm*
but everytime I execute it though a web browser or though the command:
su nobody -c /home/bud/perms
It says that nobody can't change owner and group on those files.
Any ideas? I am not a C programmer so you will have to be gentle with any
examples.
Thanks,
Jack
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