a better way to run root command ?

[Anon]

hi, i always get a problem to
run root command, i can't execute
the command becouse of nobody user
have no permittion to execute root
command such as: useradd or userdel.

any one can help me
a better way to run root command ?

Thanks

[juneym]

For me, the best way of executing command is to let your php script inserts command name into a mysql database and create a PERL script that will regularly check if new entry has been made by the PHP script. If it finds one, i'll execute the command specified... make sure the PERL itself is running as a root. To make your Perl script run forever, insert an entry on the CRONTAB...

your PERL script should at least be in this form

#!/usr/bin/perl

while () { # loop forever
..
.... do the processing..
..
} #while

[Anon]

Agree.

You can also use php script compiled as cgi instead of perl (if you are not familiar with it). Simply compile php as cgi --prefix=/path-to-php --with-mysql --with-readline=/usr --enable-discard-path and make your script :

#!/path-to-php/bin/php -q
<?php
set_time_limit(0);
while(true) {
....
....
....
sleep($interval_time);
}
?>

Good Luck