Shell Programming and Scripting

See what I get in my desktop as an ordinary user:

Code:

┌╸teresaejunior@localhost ╍ ~╺
└─╍ /bin/login 
login: Cannot possibly work without effective root

So ajaxterm, xwiterm, or any other emulator that runs /bin/login needs root access, actually, which makes it, I believe, not impossible, but much more difficult for you to have a real interactive shell...

Thanks for clarifying that. I believe it’s possible too. Actually I see two ways of achieving this.
I didn’t go for option 1 because process control functions come through process control extensions which I believe are nor installed on most shared hosts plus the PHP resource limits on most shared hosts are rather low. On the other hand I believe using shell process control will make the whole script much faster and more portable because some commandline functions like shell_exec() are part of core and, I believe, are enabled on most shared hosts too.

I think nohup is key in making this work. As for keeping the process running I think a loop would be easier to implement. I also considered using suspend/wait. I believe the piece of the puzzle that’s left is the command/commands that’s why I’m here; where the experts in shell scripting gather