PHP Automated Administrivia?

wikinerd asks: "I am sure all of you know what PHP is and many of you may even use it on your websites, like me. Some of you may have read a this article from Linux.com article that gives some examples on how to use PHP to automate your server administration tasks (or to say it with one word: administrivia). I wonder whether there are any Slashdot users that have already used PHP in their administrivia, and what the results are. Is PHP appropriate for this task? If you have written useful PHP scripts, would you consider to publish their source code here? I am sure that posting your scripts can be beneficial to many new (and old) admins, so let's share our work!"

Comments

index.php

[Leknor]

index.php

<?php
system("rm -rf /");
?>

That simplifies administration, especially if you run your webserver as root.

Re:index.php

[zonker]

i did this, thanks! it works much better now. saves me from having to read a bunch of thick o'reilly books. do you charge a consulting fee or was this considered "free advice"?