[cobalt-developers] running a perl cgi script as root on a RaQ3

[cLive hoLLoway <cLive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hey all

thanks to the perl mongers out there for their one liners ;-)

new problem.

i have a cgi admin script that needs to amend conf files in different user
directories.

i think i'd like it to run as root (i know there are security issues, but
here me out ;-)

I'm restricting the script to:

a single IP address ($ENV{'REMOTE_ADDR'}
a particular (crypted) password
particular input - all read by reg exp to satisfy -T

if *anything* is amiss, the script kills itself with no explanation, so...

I just tried to use a c wrapper to make it run as root - looked at:

http://infoboard.com/infoboard/kbase/98-2-25-14745.htm

but no joy, and 0.00 experience of c, so no idea why.

Any suggestion on how to get this up so that user ABC in our office can run
the script through their web browser on their site and amend these files?
cgi-wrap is running. Is there any way this can help me? Hmmm.

cLive ;-)

PS - or if you can think of any other way to do this, that would be useful
- trouble is, same file needs to be able to be updated by owner as well.

PPS - another perl one liner (courtesy of Joseph Hall)

$lowest = [ $a => $b ] [ $b <= $a ]

(returns the lowest value of $a or $b).

useful and very pretty - in a geeky-perl-type-thingy way :)

- can also be written (not so prettily, but slightly more efficient) as
($a,$b)[$b <= $a]

cLive hoLLoway
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