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Posted by Michael Gross on 01/02/06 13:37
Hi
You could call the script via the http-server with wget (or lynx).
david blunkett wrote:
>
> Dear PHP users,
>
> I am trying to write a php script that allows me to schedule jobs using
> the at deamon (unix) for execution
> in the arbitrary future. I have everything working except that the
> default login shell for apache (nologin)
> means that the at deamon fails to execute the command.
>
> If I run the at command as another (not apache) user or change the
> apache login script to bash then
> everything works fine.
>
> I understand the nologin shell is a security feature for the apache
> account so i am reluctant to change it.
> AT is supposed to use the shell defined by the SHELL environment
> variable at the time of job submission but this does not appear to work
> in this case.
> I have tried wrapping the command in a setuid script to use another user
> id to side step this but I think
> scripts are prevented from using setuid.
> I could sidestep this by making a setuid executable but this seems like
> a desperate measure and that there should be a more sensible way of
> achieving this safely.
>
> So does anyone have any suggestions? since "at" is a common word looking
> for solutions on the web
> is rather difficult...
>
> Cheers,
>
> SA
>
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