Creating subdomains from a perl script

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What's the easiest way to accomplish this?

I would like to have a perl script running from one of the domains I have added to my server that can create subdomains. I have tried using the command line interface such as:

PATH/TO/subdomain.sh --create "forum" -domain "domain.zone"

However, since the command line interface requires root or psaadm user access I get a permission error. Is there a simple way around this? Or even not so simple?

Thanks

 

[albans]

Did you check the Plesk API RPC?
http://download1.swsoft.com/Plesk/Plesk8.0/Doc/plesk-8-api-rpc/index.htm

It offers some way to authenticate and execute specific commands in the PSA Admin "DevTools", using some simple sockets and XML...

 

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API

I looked at the API and couldn't find any ability for creating subdomains. Maybe I missed something?

 

[albans]

Yeees, you're right, couldn't find any operation concerning subdomains (other than getting the number and limit)...
Should Plesk add this feature?!

 

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Maybe I will be able to use the command line interface somehow. I sure hope so....I really need this capability on a project.

I wonder if there is a way to just make it so another user on the server also has access to use the command line interface in addition to root and psaadm.

 

[albans]

I don't know if I understand what you do, but look around SUDO... It should help.

 

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SUDO did the trick. I had tried using it before but I must not have been doing it correctly. I tried again and it's working fine now

Woot!