Re: Simple way for web to execute root shell script.

On 5/23/25 13:26, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I have a shell script that monitors hardware stuff - it needs to run as root and be called by Apache as user www.
   Bookworm linux on a Pi4.
 Its all inside a domestic firewall so security is not a huge issue.
What is the quickest and simplest solution to this?
 

Dunno, change script ownership to root and use setuid, sudo chmod u+s. It used to work, nowadays who knows? It did used to provide security holes.
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