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Re: execute application from webinterface



On Tuesday 02 September 2003 01:38, Christopher Taylor wrote:
> Jens Gutzeit wrote:
> > On Monday 01 September 2003 21:53, mario ohnewald wrote:
> >>What is the securest way of starting a application, like ping, from a
> >>webinterface as a diffrent user.
>
> what's wrong with making the program suid-to-some-other-user (not root)
> and then just executing it? I reallize this doesn't work for ping, which
> is suid-to-root anyway.

Well, to be honest, I just have forgotten this option.

>
> Greetings,
>    --Chris

Jens



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