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Date:      Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:33:37 -0300
From:      Diego Schulz <dschulz@gmail.com>
To:        Michiel van Es <mve@pcintelligence.nl>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, cherokee@lists.octality.com, Alvaro Lopez Ortega <alvaro@octality.com>
Subject:   Re: [Cherokee] Cherokee Web Server version in ports tree
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Michiel van Es <mve@pcintelligence.nl> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know if it is a problem but I also found out that the install does
> not create a cherokee user on freebsd and that cherokee is running as root
> default on freebsd...

Yes, I noticed that too. I also changed the user manually from the
admin interface.

> Security wise it does not sound as a good idea to let it run as root ;)
> (I know I can change it manually but it would be nice that the installer
> installs the cherokee user and set the permissions right and then startup as
> cherokee user).

I think it would be easier to reuse the standard www user (already
registered in ports/UIDs and ports/GIDs,
instead of creating a 'cherokee:cherokee' user/group. Please note that
www:www user/group has nothing apache specific.
Reusing www:www may be a concern when running apache and cherokee in
the same installation, though.
Who needs Apache anyway? ;)


>
> Kind regards,
>
> Michiel
>

regards,

diego



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