Re: [PHP] SSH and php

From: David T-G (davidtg-php_at_justpickone.org)
Date: 11/17/03 

Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:21:29 -0500
To: PHP General list <php-general@lists.php.net>

Ryna --

...and then Ryan A said...
%
% Hey David,

Hiya!

%
% % Is it possible to run a SSH command from php?
% >Sure; it's possible to run any command from php. It may not work all
% >that well, though :-)
%
% heheh, good one. As helpful as usual :-D

Always there for ya, man :-)

%
% >Good enough. What do you want to do?
%
% Basically stop/restart apache when i make changes to the httpd.conf file.

There are ways to do that -- I personally would create a kick script
outside of the htdocs tree, give the apache user permission to run that,
and call that script from an https page with some authentication -- but
you always have to fall back to "if that script fails, then I need to log
in and use the shell" anyway.

% But then thinking of it I realize that if I stop apache from a script, once
% apache is stopped
% I cant run any php to restart it...right?

You certainly can't run any php web script :-)

% So I guess my question gets cut down to basically "any good place/program to
% learn/use SSH?"

As you've been shown, ssh is nothing magical; what you want to do is
learn how to use a *NIX shell. Think DOS command prompt. If you can
already use a command prompt, then try an ssh in and look around (ls,
chdir, pwd, ...).

HTH & HAND

:-D 

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