[olug] Perl CGI Priveledge elevation

[Daniel G. Linder]

Brandon Lederer [mailto:blederer at cashflowbilling.com] wrote:
> i cant execute su <user> -c <command> and provide the 
> password for that 
> user, to my knowledge.  Help Anyone?

How about setting up "sudo" and configure it so that the "<user>" can
only execute a small set of explictly defined commands.  This can be set
up without any passwords required if you need it to be.

Then you can do "sudo <command> <args>" and it will run as the root user
(or whatever user you need).

Dan