how to chown on a folder through php/apace

[pollux0]

i am building a web based app which will adminstrate my imap/smtp server. using php I need to be able to change the owner on a folder. i am using this command and getting errors:
chown("/usr/local/virtual/username", "testUser"

from what i have read this can only be done by a superuser such as root because the user/password files need to be read in /etc

can anyone suggest another way to do this? mabey execute a script on the server?

thanks in advance

 

[danielhozac]

Setup [tt]sudo[/tt].

//Daniel

 

[RhythmAce]

If you need to know how to do this via PHP, there is a great forum here that deals with PHP programming. forum434

 

[pollux0]

i figured there might be another way besides php but i will post in php as well...thanks.