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From: Chris Narkiewicz <hello@ezaquarii.com>
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Subject: Re: Simple way for web to execute root shell script.
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> writes:

> I have a shell script that monitors hardware stuff - it needs to run
> as root and be called by Apache as user www.

doas /path/to/shell.sh
or sudo.

Things are going to be a bit more complicated if you're in chroot.
A small C utility that wraps exec and provides suid should be ok.

Another way is to call the script form cron and place the output
in some location where apache can get it.

Best regards,
Chris Narkiewicz