i solved the issue using php and python. i have a python-daemon which opens a socket. i can then connect to the socket from php. the python deamon has root privileges, thus can send off shell scripts like killall, reboot etc.
--- In [email protected], "extra_pix_el" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi there, > > i want to do some stuff like rebooting, kill processes etc from a > web-interface. i'm running foxserve with apache. > I was able to activate cgi, but all the scripts are executed as > 'nobody', obviously not letting me do a reboot. > > How can i run cgi-scripts as the root user? there's an cgi-example on > the acmesystems-website that reboots the fox, but does that work > because of boa? and apache will not let scripts to be excecuted as root? > > thanks for your help! >
