Remote execution

[RobbiK]

Hi,

Is it possible to make PHP execute a script on a remote computer as another user than the webserver (apache) or root (with sudo)??

I need to be able to press a button on a web page that executes a script on a remote computer. I know of shell_exec, system etc. but I need to be able to execute the scripts as a specific user, possibly by providing user name and password..

Any ideas are appreciated 😃

[ir4z0r]

it IS possible, BUT

you need some kind of remote shell (rsh) which accepts username
and password and of course a properly configured sudo

sth like that (just a nonfunctional example):
echo system("sudo rsh 10.11.12.13 login pw command");

I used this some time ago, but in a severed network, using passwordless
login (via .rhosts file), but that's ugly unsafe (!!)