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Date:      Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:34:28 -0500
From:      "Simon" <simon@optinet.com>
To:        "freebsd-isp@freebsd.org" <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Questions about Apache
Message-ID:  <20020323022835.D79AB37B404@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <002801c1d20c$42b9d500$3200a8c0@riker>

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Based on your reply about buffer overflow, one would infer that you're running it as root.

On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 12:44:24 +1100, Alastair D'Silva wrote:

>I don't, and I don't think I mentioned anywhere to do so :)
>
>The port by default runs as nobody/nogroup, but I prefer to make to make
>a www:www user/group for it, since it is bad practice to have files
>owned by nobody.
>
>--
>Alastair D'Silva B. Sc.            mob: 0413 485 733
>Networking Consultant
>New Millennium Networking  http://www.newmillennium.net.au 
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Simon [mailto:simon@optinet.com] 
>> Sent: Saturday, 23 March 2002 10:05 AM
>> To: Alastair D'Silva; Dave; freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
>> Subject: RE: Questions about Apache
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Do not run your HTTPS daemon as root.
>> 
>> On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 09:35:54 +1100, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
>
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