On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 11:59 +0530, Gautam Bhatia wrote:
> hi ,
> Since the adduser command demans input from the shell from the
> user, i would be tempted to use the useradd command to do what you are
> planning to do , give that shot . Thank you
>
> On Sat, 2010-07-10 at 23:02 -0400, Adam Richardson wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Matt M. <cmorrow132@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > The only thing is, when I execute this command from a shell, it works.
> > > Obviously I'm replacing $username and $password with something valid when
> > > doing this manually.
> > >
> > > It's like the script clears the $username variable just before it executes
> > > the command, or because the variable is inside quotes, it is not getting
> > > through.
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Ashley Sheridan
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 2:01 PM
> > > To: Matt Morrow
> > > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: adduser & php
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2010-07-10 at 13:45 -0500, Matt Morrow wrote:
> > > I am using php 5 on OpenBSD 4.7
> > >
> > > I have a script which takes a username and password from $_POST, and is
> > > supposed to add the user to the system database. The problem is, adduser
> > > creates a username with the same name as the group. The code is:
> > >
> > > $username=$_POST['username'];
> > > $password=$_POST['password'];
> > > $output=exec('/usr/bin/sudo adduser -unencrypted -batch
> > > $username hosting "$firstname $lastname" $password');
> > > echo "result: " . $result . " output: " . $output;
> > >
> > >
> > > The output is:
> > > Added user ``hosting''
> > >
> > > I have validated that $username and $password contain the correct values
> > > from the form, by outputting them as well above the line which calls the
> > > adduser command.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> > > I'm not entirely sure about the syntax you're using here, as it doesn't
> > > quite match up with what I see on the useradd (which is what adduser
> > > synonyms to) man page (type 'man useradd').
> > >
> > > Aside from that, be very, very, very careful with this command. In your
> > > example you've not sanitised the user input, and the useradd command is used
> > > to update details as well as add new users, and you're running it with root
> > > privileges under sudo. Maybe enforce some specific name mechanism (a prefix
> > > like 'yoursystemname_username') to ensure that people aren't unwittingly or
> > > deliberately trying to overwrite existing system user details.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ash
> > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Matt, one problem I see:
> >
> > output=exec('/usr/bin/sudo adduser -unencrypted -batch $username hosting
> > > "$firstname $lastname" $password');
> >
> >
> > The code won't replace the variables (i.e., variables are not expanded)
> > because they're contained within single quotes and will be evaluated
> > literally:
> > http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php
> >
> > That said, as others have pointed out, be very, very careful with this type
> > of functionality. Even just viewing the code makes me feel like I should
> > smoke a cigarette to calm my nerves (and I've never been a smoker ;)
> >
> > Adam
> >
>
> Regards, <br>
> Gautam Bhatia <br>
> mail2gautambhatia@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
There is no useradd command in PHP, and useradd is just a synonym for
adduser in Linux (type man adduser if you don't believe me) The shell
command can be made to run fine without any extra input by piping the
input to it and setting the pipe switch.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
