How would I add a new system user with PHP?

[jd6strings]

I am trying to add a user to /etc/password to allow for POP3 mail access and I want to use PHP through an HTML interface. Has anyone done this? Examples and code would be much appreciated. I've been racking my brain for days!!!

Thanks!!!

[intenz]

I think you've GOT to have a root to change /etc/passwd
You can try to type chmod 666 /etc/passwd as root to allow "nobody" to write to it.

$user = 'john';
$password = 'foo';
$name = 'John Carmack';
$home = '/home/john';

$fp = fopen('/etc/passwd','a+');
if($fp)
{
     fwrite($fp,"\n" . $user . ':' . md5($password) . ':1005:0:' . $name . ':' . $home . ':/usr/local/bin/bash');
}