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On 05/22/2013 05:01 PM, Jarry wrote: |
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> Hi Gentoo community, |
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> I modified apache config to have it running on non-private |
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> port 8080. I restarted apache and verified that it is |
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> really listening on port 8080 (netstat). But when I check |
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> all running apache processes for owners, I see there is still |
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> one apache process running as root (rest are running as |
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> "apache" user). |
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> So my question is: how can I run apache completely as non-root |
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> user? IIRC, "root" is necessary only if I want to use "low" |
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> port numbers (0-1023), but my apache is using 8080... |
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That's the parent process; it doesn't actually handle any requests, it |
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just hands them off to a child process running as another user/group. |
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Apache needs to be root to both (a) bind to ports < 1024, and (b) switch |
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to the user/group specified in httpd.conf. If you don't need to do |
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either of those, try starting apache as the user you want it to run as. |
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You'll probably need to write your own init scripts, since the stock |
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ones assume that you're root. |
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