Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/30/05 17:11
Balazs Wellisch wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:ScednZbsacb1NSnenZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>>jab3 wrote:
>>
>>>So I'm considering a small project that involves online file storage.
>>>Let's say I wanted to set up a site that allows people to log-on,
>>>create an account, and then have space to upload files. The problem
>>>I'm having concerns permissions, basically.
>>>
>>>1) How do I automatically create users in Linux from a PHP script
>>>running under Apache's uid/gid?
>>
>>You can't. You need to be running as root.
>>
>
> What about exec( some_script )? Where some_script could be run as root
> through sudo? It could be a Perl script or shell script that runs the
> appropriate commands to set up the user.
>
> Balazs
>
>
That's one way to do it.
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