Secure Web-Based Administration

From: Ryan (ryan@vbnet.net)
Date: 01/17/03

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From: "Ryan" <ryan@vbnet.net>
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    I would like to create some web pages/scripts (probably using PHP since I
    use it for a lot of other things) to assist me in administering my linux
    machine. What are some ways that I can execute certain administrative
    commands (such as ifconfig,iwconfig,route,scripts in my /etc/init.d/
    directory, etc...) as root?
    I'm fairly familiar with the different access-control methods available to
    me to restrict access to these pages. I will definitely be using SSL with
    a self-signed certificate. I'm just not sure how to get my web server
    (which doesn't run as root and I want to keep it that way) to execute
    these commands with superuser privileges.
    Thanks

    Ryan
    ryan@vbnet.net

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      ... > use it for a lot of other things) to assist me in administering my linux ... > (which doesn't run as root and I want to keep it that way) to execute ... The next option would to have CGIs that are suid root. ... user to run specific commands and no others. ...
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