What we do is setup 'sudo' to run certain commands (or a shell/ruby script
for example), then have PHP/Apache exec() the script via sudo (or use a DBUS
call to a 'root' enabled ruby daemon), which then restarts apache or
whatever we want.
Be VERY careful with the way you do this or you can give crackers all kinds
of ways to cause you pain.
For example:
root@daevid111:/etc# cat /etc/sudoers
Cmnd_Alias CHMOD = /bin/chmod
Cmnd_Alias REBOOT = /sbin/reboot, /sbin/shutdown
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
www-data ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/date, /sbin/hwclock,
REBOOT, /usr/bin/dpkg, /usr/sbin/chpasswd,
/usr/bin/passwd, /usr/sbin/srvwatch,
/usr/sbin/srvtalk
Then in the PHP web page:
exec("/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/reboot");
D.Vin
"Voice or no voice, the people can alway be brought to the bidding of the
leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being
attacked, and denounce the pacifists for a lack of patriotism and exposing
the country to danger. It works the same in every country." --Hermann
Goering, Hitler's Reich Marshall at the Nuremberg Trials After WWII
Sound like G.W.Bush?
