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

The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:

On 24/05/2025 06:43, c186282 wrote:

On 5/23/25 8:26 AM, 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.
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  Bookworm linux on a Pi4.
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Its all inside a domestic firewall so security is not a huge issue.
What is the quickest and simplest solution to this?

   Ummm ... just sayin' ... do you REALLY want/need that ???
   Seems like a recipe for sure disaster.

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Why on earth would you say that?

Standard Usenet style when you don’t know how to solve someone’s problem
(or didn’t understand it) is to argue with their requirements instead.

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