[pptp-server] Config tools in the making

Kenneth E. Lussier klussier at mclinux.com
Tue Aug 8 08:52:26 CDT 2000


Graham Dunn wrote:
> 
> I'm curious as to how you're going to handle read/writing as root from a
> web script.

The script will most likely run as the same user as the web-server.
There are a few ways that I can think of off the top of my head to do
this:
1) suid (not pretty, but it works)
2) authenticate the user at the beginning of the script, translate to a
sudo type envronment. 

Kenny 
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Kenny Lussier
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