I know that Apache needs to start as root, but there is a directive that 
allows it to change its UID/GID somewhere in the config file<s>.


On Monday 09 July 2001 20:11, you wrote:
> no apache is run  as root.  and for some reason the user for logrotate is
> trying to access the root profile, and this may be happening because root
> starts apache.
>
> On Monday 09 July 2001 07:14 pm, you wrote:
> > Indeed, that could be the problem.  Is lograte run as the same user as
> > Apache?
> >
> > On 09 Jul 2001 18:28:10 -0700, slr wrote:
> > > yes it is, with an su -C option under a specific user account setup
> > > just to run logrotate.
> > >
> > > On Monday 09 July 2001 05:46 pm, Kit Plummer wrote:
> > > > Nope...sorry.  Though is logrotate called by the Apache startup
> > > > script?
> > > >
> > > > On 09 Jul 2001 17:16:57 -0700, gnomeboy wrote:
> > > > > Re: [PLUG]apache 1.3.12true, and the thought did cross my mind. but
> > > > > i am still curious, there is one thing we changed, we started using
> > > > > logrotate. have you any experience with this? ----- Original
> > > > > Message ----- From: Chris Cowan
> > > > >   To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> > > > >   Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 5:06 PM
> > > > >   Subject: Re: [PLUG]apache 1.3.12
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   Last time I downloaded apache it said everyone should upgrade to
> > > > > 1.3.20... You might try that...
> > > > >
> > > > >   on 7/9/01 4:06 PM, gnomeboy at zen2now@qwest.net wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >     running into a strange error when restarting httpd. it resumes
> > > > > normal operation but returns this:
> > > > >
> > > > >     Session terminated, killing shell...[Mon Jul  9 11:59:11 2001]
> > > > > [notice] Apache/1.3.12 (Unix)  (Red Hat/Linux) mod_ssl/2.6.6
> > > > > OpenSSL/0.9.5a PHP/4.0.3pl1 mod_perl/1.24 configured -- resuming
> > > > > normal operations bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied
> > > > >     ...killed.
> > > > >
> > > > >     has anyone ever seen this?
> > > > >
> > > > >     slr.
> > > >
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