I've a PHP script that is run as a cron job. It contains this line:
$stringListingA llProcesses = shell_exec("lso f | grep vsftpd");
The lsof command returns almost nothing unless you are the root user.
Can anyone think of a way I can use su or sudo or something else to get
this script to run as root?
(And yes, I'm aware that it is dangerous to allow a PHP script to run as
root, but it is in an otherwise secure environment, far removed from the
web.) 3 5880
Lawrence Krubner schreef:
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I've a PHP script that is run as a cron job. It contains this line:
$stringListingA llProcesses = shell_exec("lso f | grep vsftpd");
The lsof command returns almost nothing unless you are the root user.
Can anyone think of a way I can use su or sudo or something else to get
this script to run as root?
(And yes, I'm aware that it is dangerous to allow a PHP script to run as
root, but it is in an otherwise secure environment, far removed from the
web.)
Hi,
The easiest way is to make a cronjob for root.
Just go root and crontab it.
If you have no rootaccess, you cannot run as root of course....
Regards,
Erwin Moller
On Jul 11, 4:26 am, Erwin Moller
<Since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:
LawrenceKrubner schreef:
I've a PHP script that is run as a cron job. It contains this line:
$stringListingA llProcesses = shell_exec("lso f | grep vsftpd");
The lsof command returns almost nothing unless you are the root user.
Can anyone think of a way I can use su or sudo or something else to get
this script to run as root?
(And yes, I'm aware that it is dangerous to allow a PHP script to run as
root, but it is in an otherwise secure environment, far removed from the
web.)
Hi,
The easiest way is to make a cronjob for root.
Just go root and crontab it.
If you have no rootaccess, you cannot run as root of course....
That is what I tried first. I logged in as root and did "crontab -e".
But the script doesn't seem to run as root. The lsof in the script
seems to run as... I don't know who. It returns no data, which would
make sense for a non-root user.
lawrence k schreef:
On Jul 11, 4:26 am, Erwin Moller
<Since_humans_r ead_this_I_am_s pammed_too_m... @spamyourself.c omwrote:
>LawrenceKrubne rschreef:
>>I've a PHP script that is run as a cron job. It contains this line: $stringListin gAllProcesses = shell_exec("lso f | grep vsftpd"); The lsof command returns almost nothing unless you are the root user. Can anyone think of a way I can use su or sudo or something else to get this script to run as root? (And yes, I'm aware that it is dangerous to allow a PHP script to run as root, but it is in an otherwise secure environment, far removed from the web.)
Hi,
The easiest way is to make a cronjob for root. Just go root and crontab it.
If you have no rootaccess, you cannot run as root of course....
That is what I tried first. I logged in as root and did "crontab -e".
But the script doesn't seem to run as root. The lsof in the script
seems to run as... I don't know who. It returns no data, which would
make sense for a non-root user.
Hi,
Roor user should be able to run that command just fine.
Are you sure you simply don't have a process named 'vsftpd'?
What does this produce:
$stringListingA llProcesses = shell_exec("lso f");
Also nothing???
Regards,
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