I'm new to mod_perl and am enjoying every bit of it, I have new problem, I want to execute suid scripts from mod_perl i.e. the script called from mod_perl should be executed as a priveliged user and not as default 'apache' user.
Hi Rajesh,
first of all: avoid using suid.
Second advice: don't use suid.
If you want to execute (particular) actions as root use sudo instead. Works great and is much more secure. In addition to that you can configure almost everything you need... e.g. you can tell which user can call which program at a specified time.
And that can be done without a password... or with password caching.
I hope this is what you are searching for.
Additionally you don't need to run the calling application as root or under mod_cgi.
I'm really wondering nobody else noticed this yet as suid is evil and known for security concerns.
Kind regards, Simon
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