***BOGO*** Re: [PHP] Execute command line as a different user

["Dan Joseph" <dmjoseph@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Matt palermo <mpalermo@xxxxxx> wrote:

> My PHP is running as a user with limited rights.  I'd like to execute a
> command line as a different user.  I'm trying to delete a file and the PHP
> user doesn't have access to do this.  I know the username and password for
> the admin user that has rights to delete a file.  Is there a command I can
> use to make PHP run a delete command as the admin user?  If so, how can I do
> this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
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I did a quick check on php.net, there is a post on there that talks about
using sudo:


@exec("echo 'apache' | /usr/bin/sudo -u mail -S /var/www/html/mailset.sh
$name");

You may want to read thru it, php.net/exec, go to the user notes.

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