Re: Re: su to user in a cgi script

Don't forget the scariness of passing your passwords plaintext across the wire. <shivers>

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Re: Re: Re: su to user in a cgi script by virtualsue (Vicar) on Sep 20, 2002 at 18:04 UTC
Agreed! The only way to avoid that would be to set up a elaborate sudoers file which will permit the web user nobody/wwwrun to run a set number of commands as a particular userid w/o a password. Just don't do it. It's a bad idea. If you have a particular task in mind, there is probably a different, more secure way to go about it.	[reply]