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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > 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. -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. "Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life."
