I aint expert but... someidea. Perl has SUID module (havent used it... but heard.)
Alternatively write a super short C program which runs your script and make its binary SUID. Good luck. On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 09:38:59AM +0100, Sven Burgener wrote: > Hello Nate > > [yes, do CC: me] > > Nate Amsden wrote: > > > > Sven Burgener wrote: > > > > > > Is there a way to do "apachectl graceful" as non-root user? Because when > > > I do, I get an error about denied permission for binding to port 80. > > > > you could i bet if you made apachectl setuid root but if security is > > an issue i wouldn't reccomend it. to do this do chmod u+s apachectl > > Tried it. Doesn't work; Linux seems to silently drop suid root privilges > on shell scripts. > > > or you could configure sudo (haven't really messed with sudo can't > > help ya there ..) > > Still requires you to enter the user's password though, right? I don't > want to be putting that in the shell script that's callling "apachectl > graceful". > > Cheers, > Sven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com ======= Cupertino, CA USA === +
