[CLUG] Apache user / group

[Jerry Walsh]

Probably because as a security measure you're better off
keeping apache as a seperate user other then nobody,
these days alot of apps that run with their privileges
dropped run as ``nobody'' this isn't good if someone
makes apache do rm -rf / either by SSI Exec calls,cgi scripts
or whatever else.

Then again that reason could be way off why they changed it :)

Jerry.

somebody called adam beecher <adam at iewebs.com> wrote:
> Is it my imagination or were the Apache user and group "nobody" in pre 7.0
> Red Hat distros? They're "apache" now - why the change?
> 
> adam
> 
> 
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