Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:18:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Radhika Sambamurti <radhika_narendran@yahoo.com> To: "Søren" Neigaard <neigaard@e-box.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: httpd user for Apache? Message-ID: <20010904191848.82639.qmail@web9306.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <13211784995.20010904205308@e-box.dk>
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It is better not to call the user httpd as that is also one
of the commands that starts apache.
On my system, for instance, I have created a user apache
and have placed all the executable files in the apache home
directory. (the default location is usr/local i think).
1. create a user - using useradd command....just like
adding any new user to the system.
2. create home directory
3. use the./configure command with prefix=/path to home dir
(the README should have the info).
example: ./configure prefix=/export/home/apache
This will put all the binaries in export/home/apache
Hopefully this was helpful.
Thx,
Radhika.
--- Søren Neigaard <neigaard@e-box.dk> wrote:
> I have read somewhere that it is a good idea to make
> you'r
> applications run under specific users, and not under
> root. How is the
> best way to configure such a user, as an example a user
> for the Apache
> httpd deamon (i got so far as to name the user httpd).
> Should it be in
> a specific group, have restricted rights and so on...
>
> --
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> Søren Neigaard mailto:neigaard@e-box.dk
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> cut."
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