Check out setuid and sticky bits for the file permissions.
Remember that if you are running php under apache and you try the exec with
a command php is running with apaches permissions. So apache needs to be
able to run what ever you are trying to run with the exec command.
B i g D o g
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 8:49 AM
Subject: RE: [PHP] cURL in an exec() . more
> OK, here is where I am (between handling other pre-holiday/long weekend
> processese here);
>
> I have the PHP script create a shell script containing the needed code for
> the cURL process. Of course the shell script will execute from the command
> line with me as 'root'. But the exec() that calls the shell script will
not
> execute the script because of improper permissions. (Has to do with the
> permissions on the topmost directory for where the file lives, changing
that
> could be dangerous from a security standpoint).
>
> So I have tried to change those (I am on a Linux box) via the PHP, no
luck.
> It will let me chmod the shell script via the PHP script. So I tried to
move
> the script to /usr/local/bin;
>
> rename("getlist.sh", "/usr/local/bin/getlist.sh"); Permission denied
> exec("mv getlist.sh /usr/local/bin/getlist.sh"); Permissiion denied
> exec("cp getlist.sh /usr/local/bin/getlist.sh"); Permissiion denied
>
> I am looking into posix_setuid() to change the permissions for the time
> needed, but I've a feeling, after a couple of tests, that this is not
going
> to be the way to do this either.
>
> I wish permissions in Linux were more straigtforward. Anyone have an idea
> how to do this with opening the server wide? Thanks for all your help.
>
> Jay
>
>
>
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