Run a php script under a different user

vdboor

Is it possible to run a php script as another user?

I've put restrictions on /proc with the grsecurity settings, and only members of the "procview" group may access certain proc features. In my private webpanel, I have phpsysinfo and it needs access to /proc. ..but I don't want to make the "apache" user a member of "procview".

In other words, is there a way to work arround this?
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fleed · l33t Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Posts: 756 Location: London

Does this help?

vdboor · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject:

well, a bit perhaps.

If I understand this right, I need to run the script as a CGI-script, which wraps php. And the script needs to be setuid.

I do have a question about setuid programs; what permissions do I need to set? I've tried a lot in the past, but never got a program running as another limited user. I've tried to run a fetchmail-cgi script with my user-privs once (also from a webserver) and didn't have much success with this.
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fleed · l33t Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Posts: 756 Location: London

What happened when you tried it in the past? Did it just not do anything or what?