Hi, I did a little more research on this issue. I can now tell, that DOSSystemCommand in general works, like:
DOSSystemCommand "/bin/echo hi >> /tmp/out.txt" But I'm still not able to generate IPTables-rules with mod-evasive. Here is the relevant configuration: /etc/sudoers Defaults env_reset root ALL=(ALL) ALL www-data ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -s [0-9.]* -j DROP %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/mod-evasive.conf <IfModule mod_evasive20.c> DOSHashTableSize 3097 DOSPageCount 2 DOSSiteCount 50 DOSPageInterval 1 DOSSiteInterval 1 DOSBlockingPeriod 10 DOSLogDir "/var/lock/mod_evasive" DOSSystemCommand "/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -s %s -j DROP" </IfModule> I've strace'd the apache processes, here are relevant parts: ... 2241 execve("/usr/bin/sudo", ["/usr/bin/sudo", "/sbin/iptables", "-A", "INPUT", "-p", "tcp", "--dport", "80", "-s", "10.211.55.2", "-j", "DROP"], 2241 geteuid32() = 33 2241 write(2, "sudo", 4) = 4 2241 write(2, ": ", 2) = 2 2241 write(2, "must be setuid root", 19) = 19 2241 write(2, "\n", 1) = 1 ... The permissions of /usr/bin/sudo seem ok: -rwsr-xr-x 2 root root 144740 8. Sep 22:32 /usr/bin/sudo I am able as user www-data to create the mentioned iptables-rule by hand via sudo, but it's not possible from apache/mod-evasive :-( let me know it Thanks, Werner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org