[PHP] PHP script to write to /home/userid/ dir. popen not working. how?
Hi, I'm using PHP 4.1.2 to write a webmail. I'm using Procmail along with Sendmail. PHP runs as user nobody or user apache. Note that I have the user id and password in my PHP script from using HTTP authentication. FYI I'm running Mandrake Linux 8.1. The problem is: I want to write to some files (procmail recipe files) that'll reside in /home/userid. I tested running su using the below code $fp=popen(su userid,w); fputs($fp,userpassword); fputs($fp,cd /home/db/); fputs($fp,mkdir THIS_IS_GOOD); //just testing if I can write to dir fclose($fp); exit(done); 1) Even when I enter the wrong password, my PHP code doesn't complain. It dutifully echoes done. Why? 2) Doesn't seem like it's running as it should. How can I achieve what I want to do - to write to a file (specifically to create procmail files called .forward and .procmailrc file) to /home/userid/ dir from a PHP script? PS: If you're not familiar with procmail, don't worry abt the procmail jargons! Gaukia _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP script to write to /home/userid/ dir. popen not working. how?
On Friday 12 April 2002 14:36, gaukia 345 wrote: Hi, I'm using PHP 4.1.2 to write a webmail. I'm using Procmail along with Sendmail. PHP runs as user nobody or user apache. Note that I have the user id and password in my PHP script from using HTTP authentication. FYI I'm running Mandrake Linux 8.1. The problem is: I want to write to some files (procmail recipe files) that'll reside in /home/userid. I tested running su using the below code $fp=popen(su userid,w); fputs($fp,userpassword); fputs($fp,cd /home/db/); fputs($fp,mkdir THIS_IS_GOOD); //just testing if I can write to dir fclose($fp); exit(done); 1) Even when I enter the wrong password, my PHP code doesn't complain. It dutifully echoes done. Why? There's nothing in your script to check whether the su operation was successful or not. You will see done regardless. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * /* Finally, Zippy drives his 1958 RAMBLER METROPOLITAN into the faculty dining room. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
