On Sunday 14 Aug 2005 08:34, afshin lamei wrote: > Dear all, > I have a cgi script, which uses some perl scripts in which i'm running > iptables command using "system" function, like this: > myfile.pl: > ...... > system("iptables -F FORWARD") > ...... > > the cgi file is owned by root/root and is run by user nobody. > myfile.pl is owned by root/root, and I've it setuid (chmod u+s > myfile.pl ; chown root:nobody myfile.pl) to be able to run iptable > commands, but it returns this error: > ///// > modprobe: Can't locate module ip_tables. > iptables v1.2.11: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Permission > denied (you must be root) perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be > upgraded. > ///// > what's the solution? Use "sudo" You can grant apache permission or another user etc. -- Kind Regards, Gavin Henry. Open Source. Open Solutions(tm). http://www.suretecsystems.com/