running php scipts as root

[onaias]

Hi,

I need to run a php script as root to be able to
change the users password for 5 different places (unix, samba, htpasswd and 2 databases). The script is to be used from a web form

How can I run a CGI or mod_php script as root?

Petri

[ir4z0r]

look for "sudo" (super-user-doer)

use than a construct like this:

<?PHP
...
exec("sudo a_shell_command");
...
?>

if you want, you can even execute a php-script

exec("sudo /path_to_php_bin/php /path_to_script/script.php");

further details in the docs of sudo

[onaias]

Thanks.

Sudo works fine.