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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:20:09 +0200
From:      "=?utf-8?b?U2HFoWE=?= Stupar" <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Run script as root from WebServer
Message-ID:  <20080923092009.19146ifimaiui3l5@posta.homelinux.net>
In-Reply-To: <gb90gf$ev7$1@ger.gmane.org>
References:  <gb90gf$ev7$1@ger.gmane.org>

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> Hi,
>
> I'm using mod_python3 and apache22 to create some scripts and access  
> them through a web interface.
>
> The problem is that some of these scripts deal with configuration  
> files and some other tasks that require root privileges.
>
> In the past, I've solved this issue by using sudo and allowing just  
> the commands I want to allow in the sudoers file to the apache  
> user.But I'm wondering if this is the better way to do what I want  
> to do.
>
> What would you do in such a situation?
>
>
> Thanks for your help.


I use suexec for situations like this.


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Sasa Stupar

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