How about, if Mike will write the script in a way that gets the user/password combination for root from the user though a form? usually why respond to this kind of question would be are you nuts?? you want to make a suid script?and not only a suid script but one that edit your password file?how about adding a please hack me icon on the frontpage of your hp?:) Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Mike wrote: | Hi list. | I wrote a management script for my Linux/UNIX systems. | I want to be able to use it with web interface, however, since it uses the | adduser, passwd and userdel commands and it does some editing to the passwd | file it will not run under the usually nobody user witch the apache server | uses (on my system anyway). | | My question is simple. | should i create a new virtualhost with root permissions OR apply to the | script i wrote the option to be run as root no meter who is running it ? | | Waiting for tour comments.... | | Mike | | | | ================================================================= | To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with | the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command | echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]