to it.
Michael.
--- christopher cuse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi larry,
>
> it is hard to imagine for what reason you would want
> to have apache be able
> to su to root -- this could/would spell disaster in
> a production environment
> and should be discouraged. iptable
hi larry,
my last response was unclear -- yawn -- getting ready for bed here.
you would want to run an instance of ssl httpd as root and have it listen on
an alternative port for your specific need -- iptables security in
addition -- apache security as well.
multi-tier
cheers
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larry Brown
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:40 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: iptables access
>
>
> This is kind of my point. Webmin runs as root or a
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:40:12PM -0500, Larry Brown wrote:
> This is kind of my point. Webmin runs as root or at least executes commands
> as root. With Webmin you have access granted or denied by use of a login
> mechanism. I can use a login mechanism on apache to do the same granting or
> de
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Jeff Kinz
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: iptables access
Hey Chris - Please don't "Top Post"
> -Original Message-
> Is anyone familiar with
ould want to have apache be able
> to su to root -- this could/would spell disaster in a production environment
> and should be discouraged. iptables access from a non-root user as well is
> exceptionally dangerous -- one command could render the network inoperable.
>
> apache has very r
hi larry,
it is hard to imagine for what reason you would want to have apache be able
to su to root -- this could/would spell disaster in a production environment
and should be discouraged. iptables access from a non-root user as well is
exceptionally dangerous -- one command could render the
Is anyone familiar with the possibility of running iptables commands as a
non-root user? I am trying to execute commands from a web page without
running apache as root or going through reconfiguration of apache to allow
it to su root. It seems it would be easier to be able to allow a user
access
