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Running a PHP system()/exec() command with root privs...

Asked by Insolence in Unix Network Security

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How do I go about running a system() or exec() command in PHP that will use root privs?  Running Apache as Root is NOT an option for this situation.  For example, I need to be able to run chmod, chown and a few other unix commands on my unix box from within' PHP.

I am basically making a web-based unix user-administration page, to add, remove, view current users and how much space they are currently taking on the hard drive.  I need to once I add the user, create the user's home folder and subfolders and be able to chmod them and chown them to my fancy...  in PHP a few lines of my code are...

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         $complete = $complete.exec("sudo chmod 0700 /Users/".$shortname."/Private/\n");
         $complete = $complete.exec("sudo chmod 0700 /Users/".$shortname."/Sites/\n");
         $complete = $complete.exec("sudo chmod 0744 /Users/".$shortname."/Public/\n");
         $complete = $complete.exec("sudo chmod 0722 /Users/".$shortname."/Public/Drop\ Box/\n");
         $complete = $complete.exec("sudo chown -R ".$shortname.":staff /Users/".$shortname."/\n");
         $complete = $complete."Done creating user account: ".$shortname."\n";
...

This is just a quick few lines from my code.  These lines I need to be able to run as root, and since I can't type the password after sudo then I can't run these lines.  Any ideas to be able to run just a few of these lines as root?Start Free Trial
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