Re: An interface to Apache

On 23 Jun 1997 borud@guardian.no wrote:

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> first off, running httpd as root is not a good idea. it is bad enough

ok.. ok... logically I must yield on this one... you are right.. I guess I am too trusting at times and would rather see something up and working before fool-proofing[1] it.

> it should run as a different user than root AND a different user than

ok.. I agree..

> the tasks you need to perform as root should be contained within
> separate programs suid that do _nothing_ else than, start, stop, or
> restart the server.

ahh.... sounds simple and easy enough..

> right now I am under the impression that we are still brainstorming,

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I guess I am still very angry at PC mag for making apache configuration look like it practially requires knowledge of X86 assembly code, just because it doesnt have a GUI.. the fast we get a gui out there, the less the media can Dis apache.

-Matt Received on Mon Jun 23 11:26:57 1997