RE: Running PERL as root

2001-06-29 Thread Farouk Khawaja
t; From: Farouk Khawaja [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:44 PM > To: Bill Pierson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Running PERL as root > > Bill Pierson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a quick question about running a perl >

RE: Running PERL as root

2001-06-29 Thread Farouk Khawaja
re of the different ways to accomplish this; any tips would be > appreciated. > > The server is in a "protected" environment. > > > --Bill > > > -Original Message- > From: Farouk Khawaja [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27

RE: Running PERL as root

2001-06-28 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Bill Pierson wrote: > Thanks for your replies. Actually, I'd like to be able to modify system > config files, stop and restart daemons, etc. > > I'm not aware of the different ways to accomplish this; any tips would be > appreciated. > > The server is in a "protected" environ

Re: Running PERL as root

2001-06-28 Thread Karthik Krishnamurthy
ish this; any tips would be > appreciated. > > The server is in a "protected" environment. > > > --Bill > > > -Original Message- > From: Farouk Khawaja [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:44 PM > To: Bill Pier

Re: Running PERL as root

2001-06-27 Thread Michael Fowler
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:12:34PM -0400, Bill Pierson wrote: > Thanks for your replies. Actually, I'd like to be able to modify system > config files, stop and restart daemons, etc. > > I'm not aware of the different ways to accomplish this; any tips would be > appreciated. > > The server is in

RE: Running PERL as root

2001-06-27 Thread Bill Pierson
al Message- From: Farouk Khawaja [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:44 PM To: Bill Pierson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Running PERL as root Bill Pierson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a quick question about running a perl program as root v

Re: Running PERL as root

2001-06-27 Thread Farouk Khawaja
Bill Pierson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a quick question about running a perl program as root via CGI. > I would assume it's platform dependant, and in my situation I have Linux > Redhat 7.1 w/Apache 1.3.19 webserver. > > This question is a little off-topic, however I'm guessing

Re: Running PERL as root

2001-06-27 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Bill Pierson wrote: > I have a quick question about running a perl program as root via CGI. > I would assume it's platform dependant, and in my situation I have Linux > Redhat 7.1 w/Apache 1.3.19 webserver. Why are you running the script as root? That's very dangerous. Are

Running PERL as root

2001-06-27 Thread Bill Pierson
I have a quick question about running a perl program as root via CGI. I would assume it's platform dependant, and in my situation I have Linux Redhat 7.1 w/Apache 1.3.19 webserver. This question is a little off-topic, however I'm guessing that a few of you may have tackled this issue before. Tha