Re: Perl Help!!!

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>>>>> "Dhruv" == Dhruv Soi <dhruvs-g/icWj5ZvQOxIBOabOT86AC/[email protected]> writes:

    Dhruv> Hi All I have written a script that has cgi interface and
    Dhruv> requires root rights to achieve the task. When i run that
    Dhruv> script from command line it works fine but when i use cgi
    Dhruv> it doesn't work as Apache is not running as root user which
    Dhruv> i even don't want to run using root user.

    Dhruv> I tried chown u+s scriptname.cgi .....but no help Secondly
    Dhruv> i tried sudo and kept apache in sudoers but the script
    Dhruv> stops for password prompt....Then i tried Perl::expect
    Dhruv> module but from cgi even thats not working....Any
    Dhruv> pointers???

    Dhruv> I know there is some way out to run perl scripts as root
    Dhruv> but don't know what exactly that way is.....

Just use suidperl and make the script SUID.  Be very sure you are
religiously cleaning all input parameters you receive before you use
them, and check for security vulnerabilities 382 times before putting
the script into production.

Regards,

- -- Raju
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