Ivan Voras wrote: > Ramdas wrote: > > Well, > > > > I need to add users from a web interface for a web server, which runs > > only Python. I need to add users, set quotas and in future even look at > > managing ip tables to limit bandwidth. > > > > I know os.system(), but this has to be done through a form entry > > through a web interface. > > > > Anyways thanks, do advise if there more pythonic solutions > > What you're looking for is actually a pretty complex thing. You *could* > in theory manage /etc/passwd (and its "shadow" file) - you can find > crypto primitives like MD5 and DES on the 'net, but note that you must > run your script under the 'root' account in order to write (and even > read!) the passwd database. The same goes for using os.system and the > built-in OS utility. Be aware of security implications if you're running > your web server under the root account.
How about invoking scripts with SUID root set? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
