For starters, you are probably on the wrong list - the PHP developers list is probably where you should be asking this question.
Second, PHP runs through the web server, so the user is the same user the web server, usually "nobody", although that depends on the how the web server is installed. No one is encouraged to all access to the underlying system through the web server, although the exec() function allows execution of some commands.
I can't help you much more than that, and I believe the other list will be more fruitful.
Regards - Miles Thompson
At 07:54 AM 2/4/2003 -0700, Ananth Kesari wrote:
Hi, I mailed this earlier, but got no response. Maybe it went unnoticed. So, resending it again. Please read below.Your help in this is appreciated. Thanks, Ananth. Hi, I am working on porting PHP onto NetWare. I am newbie to Unix / Linux systems and at this point of time, I am trying to understand the way security is implemented for PHP on Unix / Linux. I mean, how are the different users distinguished from Unix / Linux. Do they get to login into the Unix / Linux system? Do they have separate data space for each user? What is the API that is used to login to Unix / Linux. User may enter his username and password on the browser, but how do they get translated onto the Unix / Linux box? Since I am a newbie, I may have misunderstood some concepts here. Can someone help me in understanding this correctly? Also, can you point me to any documentation on PHP security on Unix systems. I want some in-depth technical stuff upto what calls are made etc. Your help in this is appreciated. Thanks, Ananth. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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