[olug] Perl CGI Priveledge elevation
Brandon Lederer
blederer at cashflowbilling.com
Tue Sep 2 16:07:30 UTC 2003
I have a perl script that runs on my webserver (as the web user). I
need it to dig in the email directories (that arent world readable).
What I need to accomplish this is security elevation to my email user.
how can I execute an ls -l for instance on a directory from within my
perl script, as another user (w/o typing in their password) I tried the
SetUID/GID bits, and it said could not SetUID when I ran it. I'm okay
(though it isnt smart) w/ hardcoding a password in the perl script, but
i cant execute su <user> -c <command> and provide the password for that
user, to my knowledge. Help Anyone?
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