Re: 'nobody' using sudo -- scary!


Quoth Johnny <schafer.dave@xxxxxxxxx>:

Given a perl based web application, running as 'nobody' with a need to
execute some privileged command, what approach is recommended?

Stick the details of what to do in a file somewhere, and run a program
out of root's crontab to check the list and perform the commands.
*Obviously* you will need extremely careful checking of the contents of
that list; you will want to write the root command in Perl, and use
taint mode.

Ben

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