Posted by Ivan Marsh on 12/20/06 15:19

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:19:11 -0800, pangea33 wrote:

> Ivan Marsh wrote:
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> I'm looking for a script that allows control of account expiration
>> dates using chage under Linux so non admins can control account
>> expiration of client accounts. Anyone ever written anything like that?
>
> This is definitely not something you're capable of accomplishing simply
> by using PHP. The PHP engine is running on the Linux box, so it's
> limited by the security configuration of that server. Including the
> security settings that keep non-admin users from modifying settings only
> accessible by administrators. Sorry, man.

Are you suggesting it's not possible to shell out and run a sudo command
from a PHP script?

I have complete control over the server in question.

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