can i used web interface to reboot or restart my whole system

nikhidet1 · 02-07-2012, 03:17 AM

hey guys....
i am just curious about this...im not sure whether i can do this or not.i have a panda board which i bought for the last 4 month...and i run ubuntu on it...on that ubuntu i run apache server and some other web page...php html and etc...i want to try to restart the whole system using web interface for example using php,cgi or others.can i do that?if any of u have any ideas on how to do it please contact me..

Cedrik · 02-07-2012, 03:31 AM

Is your web server accessible from internet ?

nikhidet · 02-07-2012, 03:40 AM

yap i made my web server accessible via internet

Cedrik · 02-07-2012, 04:54 AM

Have you a security method on how you will prevent access from non authorized users the page that would execute the reboot command ?

resetreset · 02-08-2012, 02:19 AM

It should be fairly easy to write some PHP that executes the shell "shutdown" command.

Ramurd · 02-08-2012, 04:21 AM

The answer is: technically it IS possible and even quite easy. From a security point you should NOT want this. An evil guy will try to break in (and if you've not protected yourself adequately will succeed) and shutdown your box all the time... or worse.