Most ways require a program
a with root access to execute (setuid root) this is very insecure.

I would look at enabling your email program to get the account
information from a database like mysql or postgres, that way you need
just insert a record into the database.

Jason
On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 16:37, Patrick Armour wrote:
> I am trying to use a form (password protected of course) that will allow an 
>administrator to add POP accounts to a linux box.  The problem that I seem to have is 
>that the form is trying to give the commands as user 'nobody' and they need to be 
>given by either root or a superuser.
> 
> Is there any way to accomplish this?  If somebody were to point me in the direction 
>of a tutorial on this subject I would really appreciate it.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Patrick Armour
> www.greatplainsinternet.com


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