"Nathaniel Hekman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there any way for a php script to perform some task as a particular
user?
Install PHP as a CGI (this is actually the default install method). When
run as a CGI, a particular PHP script will run with the permissions of the
user who owns the file. You most likely have PHP installed as an Apache
module. You can have it installed as both an Apache module and CGI
simultaneously. If you want to run the CGI PHP scripts via the web you'll
need to assign a different file extension than the extensions you have
assigned for the Apache module version. ".phpc" is what I typically use.
> I'd like to provide an easy way for them to change their passwords (at
> least, and possibly also edit some files like their aliases file (virtual
mail
> hosting) and so on).
Another alternative would be to insert the user input into a database or a
text file and then run a cron job [as frequently as you need] as root to
check the db or file for changes and then update the necessary files.
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