RE: [cobalt-users] executing a root privileged cgi from a web page

["Jim Carey" <ozbcoz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're right - I have removed the root requirement and it works fine -
cheers

Jim Carey


> May I ask why this CGI needs to be run with root permissions?
> Why not just
> pass along the MySQL root username/pass in the cgi script and you
> should be
> able to do whatever you need to with your MySQL databases, no?  You do not
> need to be root to perform MySQL maintenance, so I cannot understand why
> this script *NEEDS* to be run as root.
>
> BC
>
>
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