Dear Friends,

I know this is not directly a Unix problem but since this is happening in Fedora Lenix I tho
ugh your the best group to help me with this Issue. 

I need to execute some root level UNIX commands and access some root level files from an scr
ipt that is executed from the web. To be more specific, the script I am writing needs to res
tart sendmail. Example of "restartemail.pl":
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#!/usr/bin/perl --

use CGI ':standard';

@results = `service sendmail restart`;

print "@results\n";
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If I am login in as the root on the server and run this script, IT WORKS perfectly!

But if I call this script over the web into a browser. It FAILS! because 550 Permission deni
ed (real uid not trusted).


Now, I know that this limitation was set up for my protection, but I am writing a script tha
t don't let the user do what ever they want. The script is in full control of what is happin
g on the server and not the user, so their is really no real risk hear. I just need to get a
round this limitation to get the job dun.

Does anyone know how to make this work.

Sincerely,

Nonlin.