Re: [PHP] adduser on a Linux Redhat 7 From: Alex Black (enigma <email protected>)
Date: 12/28/00

>> how can i make a script to adduser to a linux redhat 7?
>
> That would be extremely dangerous unless you *really* know what you are
> doing.

heh, I can't think of anything less secure, actually.

maybe passwd as root :)
 
> You should only do this on a secure server.

at home. with no connection to the outside world. behind a steel door that
is locked most of the time.

> You should be very, very, very careful about who has access to the page that
> creates the user.
> You probably can't even exec() adduser, because the OS knows you're not on a
> real terminal, and the underlying code to get a password should only be done
> under controlled circumstances (IE a "real" terminal)... So I think you
> might need to alter the underlying files/directories by hand just to "fool"
> the OS into thinking adduser was called... That means you'll need to get
> the password and encrypt it using the same encryption method that your OS
> uses, which depends on what got installed.
>
> Be afraid. Be very afraid.

well said :)

>
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