Re: [PHP] performing tasks with a user's rights

2001-02-02 Thread Steve Werby
"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.

[PHP] performing tasks with a user's rights

2001-02-02 Thread Nathaniel Hekman
Is there any way for a php script to perform some task as a particular user? Here's what I'm trying to do in particular: I have a Linux box with a handful of users. These users do not have shell access, but they do have ftp (for file uploads to their web sites), pop, imap, etc. I'd like to prov