[sudo-users] adduser via web (cgi script)

[Moss, Leonard J.]

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 at 17:03 [-0700], Erickson N. Jacob wrote:

>
> hi all
>
> i have a cgi scipt to add user accounts via web
>
> system ("/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/useradd", $user);

Is this a Perl cgi script?  If so, I think you either need to
interpolate $user into the preceding string or else (probably
better, depending on how carefully you check $user) make
"/usr/sbin/useradd" a separate argument.  Perl's system function
behaves differently depending on whether there are one or more
than one arguments.

>
> my problem is that it wont create the user. i have already added the user
> nobody in the /etc/sudoers file to permit nobody to execute the useradd
> command
>
> any advice on this
>
>
> thanks
>
>
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