I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...
In changetime.php:
$binDate = date ("mdhiY",
mktime($hour,$minute,0,$month,$day,$year));
$execString = "/usr/bin/sudo /bin/date ".$binDate."<BR>";
//echo $execString."<BR>";
exec($execString);
And then in /etc/sudoers:
nobody ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/date
If I run the command (as daevid) "/usr/bin/sudo /bin/date 011304042003"
for example, it works fine.
Apache is running as nobody it seems:
[daevid=pts/6]4:10am@dev:{/www/htdocs}> ps aux | grep "httpd"
root 590 0.0 1.5 4996 1988 ? S Feb12 0:00
/www/bin/httpd -D
nobody 592 0.0 2.9 5396 3704 ? S Feb12 0:01
/www/bin/httpd -D
nobody 593 0.0 3.0 5524 3804 ? S Feb12 0:00
/www/bin/httpd -D
nobody 594 0.0 3.0 5556 3856 ? S Feb12 0:01
/www/bin/httpd -D
Sooooo.... What is the problem? Ideas?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marek Kilimajer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:43 AM
> To: Daevid Vincent
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] How can I have PHP set the linux system date/time?
>
>
> You need root priviledges, that means /bin/date must run as root. You
> can use sudo
>
> Daevid Vincent wrote:
>
> >Yep, I am trying to have a php web page change the linux system
> >date/time, but obviously running into the snag that /bin/date, while
> >"chmod 775" doesn't allow a user to set the date/time. Why is that,
> >given the permissions? Sure it makes sense, but it's
> annoying. Ideas on
> >how to circumvent this problem?
> >
> >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26780 Jul 23 2001 /bin/date
> >
> >Seems to me that anyone should be able to use it then right? Where is
> >the "write" portion defined? The 'info date' page says, "You
> must have
> >appropriate privileges to set the system clock." But it
> doesn't say what
> >that is or how to change them.
> >
> >If anyone cares, here's a nice bit-o-code:
> >
> ><?php
> > if ($year == "") $year = date("Y");
> > if ($month == "") $month = date("m");
> > if ($day == "") $day = date("d");
> > if ($hour == "") $hour = date("h");
> > if ($minute == "") $minute = date("i");
> >
> > $NewDateTime = date ("m/d/Y H:i", mktime
> >($hour,$minute,0,$month,$day,$year));
> >
> > $binDate = date ("mdhiY", mktime
> >($hour,$minute,0,$month,$day,$year));
> > exec("/bin/date ".$binDate); //TODO: um, yeah, how do you expect
> >this to work? you have to be root to do this!!!!
> >?>
> ><CENTER>
> ><table border=0 class=componentBox>
> ><TR><TD COLSPAN=8 class=Header>Change Time / Date</TD></TR>
> ><TR>
> ><FORM ACTION="<?=$SCRIPT_NAME?>" METHOD="POST">
> ><TD>
> ><TABLE BORDER=0>
> ><TR><TD class=Menu>New Date</TD><TD>
> > <select name="month">
> > <?php
> > for($i = 1; $i <= 12; $i++)
> > {
> > echo "<option";
> > if ($month == $i) echo " SELECTED";
> > printf(">%02d\n",$i);
> > }
> > ?>
> > </select> /
> > <select name="day">
> > <?php
> > for($i = 1; $i <= 31; $i++)
> > {
> > echo "<option";
> > if ($day == $i) echo " SELECTED";
> > printf(">%02d\n",$i);
> > }
> > ?>
> > </select> /
> > <select name="year">
> > <option <?php if ($year == "2003") echo " SELECTED";
> >?>>2003
> > <option <?php if ($year == "2004") echo " SELECTED";
> >?>>2004
> > <option <?php if ($year == "2005") echo " SELECTED";
> >?>>2005
> > <option <?php if ($year == "2006") echo " SELECTED";
> >?>>2006
> > </select>
> ></TR>
> ><TR><TD class=Menu>New Time</TD><TD>
> > <select name="hour">
> > <?php
> > for($i = 0; $i <= 23; $i++)
> > {
> > echo "<option";
> > if ($hour == $i) echo " SELECTED";
> > printf(">%02d\n",$i);
> > }
> > ?>
> > </select> :
> > <select name="minute">
> > <?php
> > for($i = 0; $i <= 59; $i++)
> > {
> > echo "<option";
> > if ($minute == $i) echo " SELECTED";
> > printf(">%02d\n",$i);
> > }
> > ?>
> > </select>
> ></TR>
> >
> >
> ><TR><TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN=RIGHT>
> ><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="SUBMIT" VALUE="Set Time / Date"
> class=button>
> ></TD></FORM></TR>
> ></TABLE>
> ></TD></TR></TABLE><p>
> >
> >
> ><?php
> > if (!checkdate($month,$day,$year)) print "\n<P><B>You entered an
> >invalid date, so it was converted to ".$NewDateTime."</B><P>\n";
> >?>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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