Re: [PHP] calling rsync from php script

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Jean-Christophe Roux <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  I have a bash script update.sh that contains:
>  rsync -- delete -avz -e ssh ${files} [email protected]:/red
>  when I use that script ./update.sh as root, it works like a charm as I set up the private/public key properly.
>  When run from a php script through the apache webserver
>  <?php
>  exec("update.sh");
>  ?>
>  The rsync line is ignored.

    You could use a combination of BASh and Expect shell code here,
but it wouldn't be very secure, because that would automate the root
login.

>  I understand that the php script is called under the apache user, when the private/public key is for my root user. How can I set the the keys so that the apache user can run fully the php script?
>  More generally, how do php users handles the ssh private/public keys when calling rsync?

    Generate keys for `nobody` or `apache` (whatever user as which
Apache is being executed).  Alternatively, install phpSuExec, Suhosin,
or suPHP so that the scripts are run as the user for which they were
called.

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