Problem in useradd.php3

[Anon]

Hi Friends,
I have a problem in executing following script.I gives error that unable to lock password file.
Please help me and take out of this.

$userid="testuser";
$passwd="123booga";
$create="useradd -p".crypt($passwd)." $userid";
echo "$create";
exec($create);
?>

[Anon]

Hey
Are you running the command as root or are you running this from the webserver. If you are from the webserver, you are default user "nobody". This user doesnt have privileges to add user accounts. You can change settings using linuxconf but this is a security risk Or you can telnet in as a root or admin user who can add users and thrown in this command.

[Anon]

You can try to use utilities super, su1 or others that allow you to execute commands as root. Send me email if you need a consultation.