the parent is root, all children are User apache Group apache ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Richardson" To: Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 8:39 AM Subject: Re: [PLUG]apache 1.3.12 > slr 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. > > If this is true, then it is really bad to run httpd as root. This gives > a CGI full access to the system. > > On Debian in my /etc/apache/httpd.conf > > # If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run > # httpd as root initially and it will switch. > > # User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as. > # On SCO (ODT 3) use User nouser and Group nogroup > # On HPUX you may not be able to use shared memory as nobody, and the > # suggested workaround is to create a user www and use that user. > > User www-data > Group www-data > > Hope this helps, > Eric > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >