Re: Can't do setuid

[Todd Davis <tdavis@msfw.com>]

This could also be a restriction of the webserver.  Eg. if you are using
Apache with suEXEC enabled it will not execute scripts that are suid
root.

On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 09:36, Charles Menzes wrote:
> > Yes. Use "sudo" and actually *be* root when you run them.
> > Much easier to manage and control *who* gets to run thes magical scripts.
> > 
> > This is often done to allow non-root users to stop/start webservers
> > and stuff that needs to be root to use ports <1024.
> > 
> 
> Yes, but therein lies my problem. I'm using Passwd::Linux in two cgi 
> scripts to allow intranet users to manage their passwords. Doesnt seem 
> like sudo is going to work for me in this occassion since the script will 
> be called via the webserver. 
> Any idea how to circumvent that type of situation?
> 
> -c
> 
> 
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