"Ramdas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I need to add users from a web interface for a web server, which runs >only Python. I need to add users, set quotas and in future even look at >managing ip tables to limit bandwidth. > >I know os.system(), but this has to be done through a form entry >through a web interface. > >Anyways thanks, do advise if there more pythonic solutions
os.system is perfectly Pythonic, and can be executed from a CGI script. The challenge is becoming root, which is necessary to do what you ask. You can write a simple C program that is setuid root that calls your script for you. -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
