Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 06:51:47 -0500 From: csnyder <chsnyder@gmail.com> To: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is my Apache server running as the root user or not? Message-ID: <b76252690412040351228c4b8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041204094749.GA268@cowbert.net> References: <1164.213.112.198.152.1102141467.squirrel@mail.hackunite.net> <20041204094749.GA268@cowbert.net>
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On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 04:47:49 -0500, Peter C. Lai <sirmoo@cowbert.net> wrote: > This isn't on-topic for the list, but I'll answer it anyway. The Apache > parent runs as root so that it can attach to port 80. > [...] > > On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 07:24:27AM +0100, Jesper Wallin wrote: > > [...] > > If I got a lot of users connecting to my server on port 80, will > > thier requests ever be answered by the root fork or the www:www forks? > >[...] If this is really a nagging question, enable the mod_status in httpd.conf, then watch http://yourserver/server-status while you pound the server with apache/bin/ab -- you'll see exactly which PIDs are answering queries. -- Chris Snyder http://chxo.com
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