PHP - manage server

Recently I rented a Virtual Machine for my experiments and works, and I would like to create a simple way for the final client to manage emails, databases, etc. So, since I'm using PHP and I'm awa开发者_JAVA技巧re that it's not safe at all to grant root permissions to it, how would you do it? Accessing bash scripts via PHP?

Cheers!

This is an awful lot of work. I would recommend using one of the already available tools, instead. One that i already used myself and therefore can recommend is ISPConfig.

It's implemented in PHP and open-source.

Just use something like DirectAdmin. It costs a few bucks, but saves you from having to re-write it in your own code.