sudo usage

[FlorianHeigl]

in the docs there's a suggestion to use sudo to overcome permission issues:

www-data ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/python

this is basically allowing the web server to run absolutely everything as root.

it might be better to set the target writeable using group permissions.
I know it's just a home project but once you teach someone to do this wrong, they got the wrong approach in their toolbox.

[naztronaut]

Thanks for the feedback! And you make a very good point.

The PHP script to control things from the browser was removed a while ago. I kept that troubleshooting tip there for informational purposes. I'll add a note there stating that it's not recommended to use this method for anything due to security risks and should only be used for testing purposes.