php3-list | 199908

Re: [PHP3] "suexec" for php? From: Jason Haar (jhaar <email protected>)
Date: 08/12/99

I wrote:
> That's not what I meant. I mean use PHP as a Unix tool - not a Web tool. I
> have tonnes of perl scripts (and shell scripts for that matter) that are
> used via cron - PHP could do most of them too.

I had several people reply to me saying things like it's not a good idea to
setuid root the php binary. People are missing the original message: it was
talking about the "suexec" feature of Apache that allowed CGI programs to
run as other (non-root) usercodes when accessed as "/~usercode/prog.cgi".
Read the Apache docs if you haven't heard of this feature before - it can be
quite useful.

Obviously if I wanted a cronjob to run a php script as root - I'd run it
from the root crontab! :-) 

-- 
Cheers

Jason Haar

Unix/Network Specialist, Trimble NZ
Phone: +64 3 3391 377 Fax: +64 3 3391 417
     

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