Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 09:32:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeffrey Wheat <jeff@tad.cetlink.net> To: paul@nation-net.com (Paul Walsh) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suidperl from httpd not working Message-ID: <199609051332.JAA27682@tad.cetlink.net> In-Reply-To: <322EC149.F3D@nation-net.com> from "Paul Walsh" at Sep 5, 96 01:02:17 pm
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In reply to Paul Walsh's email
> Is there any way an httpd user (nobody) can run a setuid perl script through
> cgi? Does it have to be a 'real' user.
Paul,
I use a wrapper to do this.
main(argc,argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
setuid(0);
seteuid(0);
execv("my perl script", argv);
}
Regards,
Jeff
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