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running a system command as a user

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jonnyc2

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Hi

I'm quite new to php. basically I need to run a system command from a php script as a user. do I use http authentication or sudo or what? I'm not concerned about security.

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HTTP authentication will not allow a script to run a piece of software as another user. You should use sudo.


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