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Date:      Sun, 30 Dec 2001 21:12:28 -0500
From:      dave@hawk-systems.com (Dave)
To:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Getting Apache to run as user www only
Message-ID:  <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNEEMGLCAA.dave@hawk-systems.com>
In-Reply-To: <1009759250.60bc5ff9tdrake@myrealbox.com>

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root is required for binding and spawning...  though the instances are run as
the www user, that with some sensible security constraints locks apache up
pretty good against breaches.

Is there a specific security concern that needs to be addressed?

Dave

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Troy
>Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 7:41 PM
>To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>Subject: Getting Apache to run as user www only
>
>
>Hi all,
>I've been running Apache for quite a while, but I'm trying to secure
>my system and keep as many things from running as root as possible. I
>have the Apache config set to the default www as the user to run
>under, but the initial httpd process runs as root. Is there a way to
>get all the httpd processes to run as www?
>
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