Perl, Web front end, access rights - Help a newbie?

[Madison Kelly]

Hi all,

   First and foremost, I am a strict newbie when it comes to perl 
programming so please be gentle ;). I am trying to write a somewhat 
simple program that will let me use a webpage front end to generate a 
list of files and folders to be copied from of partition onto another.

   My question is: How can I get 'root' access to the server via a CGI 
script? I am pretty sure that it can be does because CUPS seems to do it 
(I have to enter the 'root' username and password before I can manage 
printers).

   I have already written the first part where I use two lists, one for 
valid source partitions (which can only be read from) and one for valid 
destination partitions (which can be accessed read/write) and any other 
partition will be ignored. The script verifies that at least one valid 
source and one valid destinatiton exists before continuing. Now I want 
to start the webifying but I need your help (pretty please?)!

   I am trying to decifer the CUPS source but it is quite out of my 
league so alas... :)

Madison

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