nonlin wrote: > Dear Friends, > > I know this is not directly a Unix problem but since this is happening > in Fedora Lenix I though your the best group to help me with this Issue. > > I need to execute some root level UNIX commands and access some root > level files from an script that is executed from the web. To be more > specific, the script I am writing needs to restart sendmail. Example > of "restartemail.pl": > ------------ > #!/usr/bin/perl -- > > use CGI ':standard'; > > @results = `service sendmail restart`; > > print "@results\n"; > ------------ > > If I am login in as the root on the server and run this script, IT > WORKS perfectly! > > But if I call this script over the web into a browser. It FAILS! > because 550 Permission denied (real uid not trusted). > > > Now, I know that this limitation was set up for my protection, but I > am writing a script that don't let the user do what ever they want. > The script is in full control of what is happing on the server and not > the user, so their is really no real risk hear. I just need to get > around this limitation to get the job dun. > > Does anyone know how to make this work. > > Sincerely, > > Nonlin. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Unix-Users mailing list > Perl-Unix-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs Nolin,
Do you have sudo setup on the box? Phillip _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list Perl-Unix-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
