Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:28:25 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Neigaard?= <neigaard@e-box.dk> Cc: GB Clark II <gclarkii@vsservices.com>, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: automatic start of Apache Message-ID: <20011001092824.A28783@mithrandr.moria.org> In-Reply-To: <1521651324.20010930225604@e-box.dk>; from neigaard@e-box.dk on Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 10:56:04PM %2B0200 References: <200109301651.JAA23450@ocis.ocis.net> <172104446956.20010930194645@e-box.dk> <01093013473503.38597@prime.vsservices.com> <1521651324.20010930225604@e-box.dk>
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On Sun 2001-09-30 (22:56), Søren Neigaard wrote: > Sunday, September 30, 2001, 8:47:35 PM, GB wrote: > > >>>> stuff about using /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ scripts... > >> I like this method best :) I can see that httpd runs as nobody. Can I > >> change this, and is it a good/bad idea? > GCI> Yes, this can be changed with a wrapper or other means. > GCI> It depends on what you want to run the web server as. Another non-prived > GCI> account should be OK... Root would be very bad...:) > Yes I can guess that. I would like it to run as a apache user, how can > this be done? Could you give a example please? Just add an apache user (``pw useradd apache -u 64500''), and change these lines in /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf: User nobody Group nobody to User apache Group apache Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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